Edgar Allan Poe's Hop-Frog
Through "Hop-Frog," one can get a feel for who Edgar Allan Poe is. He encompasses the ideas of Romanticism throughout his entire work and makes sure that the reader is able to see it. He also uses his life and the experiences that he has endured in order to write his literary works. His childhood was not the best kind, and through "Hop-Frog," one can see this. He also writes with a similarity. He is a Dark Romanticist and his writing reflects this. When reading and comparing works done by Poe, the reader gets a feel for the type of writer that he really is. Poe is the kind of author that encompasses his true feelings throughout all of his writing and makes sure that reader realizes these similarities.
Edgar Allan Poe does a very good job …show more content…
In “Hop-Frog,” this is very true. While reading it, the reader, if they know anything about Romanticism, is just drawn to the abundance of Romanticism characteristics. One of the major characteristics portrayed is the value of feelings and intuition over reason (Langley). Hop-Frog is a very emotional kind of a person, and he really lets his feelings get the best of him. He burns the king and his seven other councilmen to death in front of an abundance of people at the masquerade (Poe, "Hop-Frog"). If one were to think it over, they would obviously realize that it was really not the reasonable thing to do. But Hop-Frog let his feelings get the best of him, and decided to punish the king and councilmen for the horrific things that they did. Granted, the men deserved punishment, but murder is something that can never be taken back. Hop-Frog felt he was the protector, and he did the only thing that came to mind in order to accomplish the goal of protecting himself and Trippetta. Trippetta is another dwarf who was taken from her home land. She is very pretty and the king takes advantage of her all of the time, like hitting her when she does not do something that is "appropriate" (Poe,
Edgar Allan Poe does a very good job …show more content…
In “Hop-Frog,” this is very true. While reading it, the reader, if they know anything about Romanticism, is just drawn to the abundance of Romanticism characteristics. One of the major characteristics portrayed is the value of feelings and intuition over reason (Langley). Hop-Frog is a very emotional kind of a person, and he really lets his feelings get the best of him. He burns the king and his seven other councilmen to death in front of an abundance of people at the masquerade (Poe, "Hop-Frog"). If one were to think it over, they would obviously realize that it was really not the reasonable thing to do. But Hop-Frog let his feelings get the best of him, and decided to punish the king and councilmen for the horrific things that they did. Granted, the men deserved punishment, but murder is something that can never be taken back. Hop-Frog felt he was the protector, and he did the only thing that came to mind in order to accomplish the goal of protecting himself and Trippetta. Trippetta is another dwarf who was taken from her home land. She is very pretty and the king takes advantage of her all of the time, like hitting her when she does not do something that is "appropriate" (Poe,