# Hop-Frog — Short Fiction character guide

> Hop-Frog in Short Fiction by Edgar Allan Poe.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0066-hop-frog

## Snapshot

A crippled dwarf jester, forced to drink and mocked by a tyrant king, whose inventive mind quietly turns cruelty into a plan.

## Who they are

Hop-Frog and his fellow captive Trippetta serve a king who delights in humiliating them, especially by forcing wine on the dwarf, for whom it brings near-madness. When the king strikes Trippetta for pleading on his behalf, Hop-Frog's feigned laughter conceals a cold resolve. His talent for invention—the very gift the court demands—becomes the instrument of a revenge that will consume the throne.

## In the story

### [Hop-Frog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_14_se/chapters/hop-frog)

The crippled dwarf jester, forced to drink wine and humiliated by the king, orchestrates a fiery revenge.

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