Analyzing Single Effect "Hop-Frog" Edgar Allan Poe believed that a short story should be written to create a single effect. He believed that every detail or incident of the story should contribute to the effect. The overall effect of "Hop-Frog" is the theme of revenge that is seen throughout the story. There are certain details and situations in the story that add to creating this effect. At the beginning of the story, Poe shows us …showed first 75 words of 470 total…

…showed last 75 words of 470 total…took many lives. In "Hop-Frog", other themes could be supported, for example, the theme of tyranny, due to the actions of the king. To conclude, the single effect of the story "Hop-Frog" is the theme of revenge, which Hop-Frog takes on the king who has made him the butt of his jokes. Hop-Frog wins in the end as he comes up with a grand plan and takes the lives of the king and his advisors.