Comparing Vengeance In Hop-Frog And The Masque Of Red Death
The stories “Hop-Frog” and “The Masque of Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe are similar based on the presence of vengeance and gothic elements.
The stories “Hop-Frog” and “The Masque of Red Death” both are based on vengeance. Hop-Frog is a very shy dwarf who always listens to the King. Later on in the story, Hop-Frog gets very inflamed at the King when he throws a goblet at Trippetta’s face. In the text it states, “It was interrupted by a low, but harsh and protracted grating sound which seemed to come at once from every corner of the room.” (Poe, “Hop Frog” 3). Hop-Frog needed to get vengeance on the King for hitting Trippetta. In, “The Masque of Red Death”, Prince Prospero is the owner of a castle that is closed in from the outside and inside.
The stories “Hop-Frog” and “The Masque of Red Death” both are based on vengeance. Hop-Frog is a very shy dwarf who always listens to the King. Later on in the story, Hop-Frog gets very inflamed at the King when he throws a goblet at Trippetta’s face. In the text it states, “It was interrupted by a low, but harsh and protracted grating sound which seemed to come at once from every corner of the room.” (Poe, “Hop Frog” 3). Hop-Frog needed to get vengeance on the King for hitting Trippetta. In, “The Masque of Red Death”, Prince Prospero is the owner of a castle that is closed in from the outside and inside.