In Edgar Allen Poe's short story 'Hop Frog,' the title character Hop-Frog is able to transcend the limitations of his physical body, in ways the King and his seven ministers are unable. 'Hop-Frog' has multiple examples of the transcendence of man, and the inability of man to transcend. The most prominent of these points are:         1. By overcoming the limitations of his, Hop-Frog's, physical body                  he is able to transcend into a greater existence than …showed first 75 words of 1263 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1263 total…of Hop-Frog's transcendence and the King and his seven ministers inability to transcend and recognize transcendence in others.                                             Works Cited Hall, Donald, and Stephen Spendler. Concise Encyclopedia of English and         American Poets and Poetry. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1963. 1084-1092. Hart, James D. Oxford Companion to American Literature. 5TH Ed. New York:         Oxford         University Press, 1983. 323-336. Poe, Edgar Allen. 'Hop Frog'. The Bedford Introduction To Literature Ed.         Michael Meyer. 3RD Ed. Boston: St. Martin's Press, 1996. 481-487.