Comparing Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado And Hop-Frog

Edgar Allan Poe terrified and befuddled readers with his short stories for over 150 years. Poe has written a lot of short stories, but the two of his most significant pieces are “Hop-Frog” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” The short story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” is about the protagonist, Montresor, who acts serene at the beginning in order to reel in Fortunato into his trap, but at the end, his behavior is aggressive and vengeful. “Hop-Frog” is about a dwarf, who is a jester, named Hop-Frog. Trippetta, another jester, and he get disobliged by the king and his 7 ministers, but that soon becomes the death of the king and his 7 ministers. Hop-Frog shows the King and his 7 ministers the animal that they think Hop-Frog is. These two stories are
On one hand, “Hop-Frog” took place in a castle of an unnamed king, but on the other hand, “The Cask of Amontillado” was in Italy in an underground catacomb, under the house of Montresor, where Montresor stores his wine. Also, “Hop- Frog” takes place during a party, but “The Cask of Amontillado” takes place during a carnival at dusk. For example, Poe establishes the setting of “The Cask of Amontillado” when he states, “It was about dusk one evening during carnival time, that I met Fortunato” (Poe 1). This evidence proves the short story was at a carnival at dusk.
“Hop-Frog” and “The Cask of Amontillado” have similarities regarding setting too. For example, “Hop-Frog” and “The Cask of Amontillado” take place in Europe. Also, they are both during a celebration. For example, Poe establishes the setting of “Hop-Frog” when he states, “His mode of equipping the party as ourang-outangs were very simple but effective enough for his purposes” (Poe Hop-Frog 5). This evidence suggests that a party was happening at the time in Hop-Frog. While the time and place of “The Cask of Amontillado” were almost clearly stated, the setting in “Hop-Frog” was left for the reader to
For instance, Hop-Frog was a jester that was made fun of. Also, Hop-Frog is very small, very ugly, and a cripple, but has a very sinister mind. Montresor from “The Cask of Amontillado” is a cold and ruthless killer and states Fortunato made fun of him. For example, Poe establishes that Montresor was insulted by Fortunato when he writes, “THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge” (Poe 1). This evidence proves that Fortunato insulted him. Hop-Frog and Montresor are very similar too. They were both insulted by a character and they both killed at least one person for revenge due to being insulted. The King from “Hop-Frog” is very similar to Fortunato from “The Cask of Amontillado.” For example, The King and Fortunato were both killed by the person of whom they insulted. Poe inaugurates that sentence when he states, “In less than half a minute the whole eight ourang-outangs were blazing fiercely, amid the shrieks of the multitude who gazed at them from below, horror-stricken, and without the power to render them the slightest assistance” (Poe 7). This evidence suggests that Hop-Frog killed the King and his seven ministers while lighting them on fire.
Poe has enraptured almost all of his readers with his works and disclosed hidden themes for over a century. Indeed, two such timeless works, “Hop-Frog” and “The Cask of Amontillado,” intrigue readers with