ENG 250W Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Hop-Frog
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Monday, nov. 13: edgar allan poe, hop-frog (canvas) Poe very well known for writing horror stories. Writing about irrational human behavior and uncontrollable urges. Hop frog is one of the few poe stories that actually discusses slavery. Raised in richmond, va - went to uva. Led him to debt and loss of friends and family later on in life. Developed a talent/skill for writing while in military school (which he didn"t finish) Both jesters, dwarves, stolen from their homeland and taken as slaves. King names hop frog because he is crippled. Super strong arms so he can climb things. King tries to punish hop frog by making him drink alcohol. Hop frog has a horrible reaction to alcohol. Hop frog tricked the king and his group to dress up for a masquerade, hung them by chains and lit them on fire.
