Montresor effectively fulfilled the first criterion of revenge, which was to punish the victim. Fortunato was punished for his insulting actions upon Montresor. First, Montresor punishes Fortunato by killing him. Montresor lures Fortunato to the dungeon by making him drunk and there he ties Fortunato to the wall and leaves the room, making Fortunato slowly die through suffering. Montresor also punishes Fortunato by killing the friendship between them. Fortunato felt happy at first telling Montresor, "Ha! ha! ha! – a very good joke indeed," but then he realized that Montresor was not joking. Fortunato was hurt because he was trapped behind a wall and he knew that Montresor could save him, but did not. Montresor punished Fortunato by killing him and by killing the relationship between them. Hop Frog, the main character in "Hop Frog," by Edgar Allan Poe, also successfully met his goals of punishing the king and his ministers because the king made Hop Frog a jester for his entertainment. Hop Frog punishes the king and his ministers by making fun of them. Hop Frog dresses them in a ridiculous orangutan outfit, in front of the people who attended the masquerade party. As an addition to the humiliating outfit, he covers them with tar and flax, which is a disgrace to the king and the leaders because a citizen should not be able to treat their rulers in a humiliating way. After humiliating the king, he also punishes him by setting him on fire in front of the entire crowd. Hop Frog played his last jest on the king by killing him. Hop Frog punished the king by humiliating him and killing him.
             The revenge is only considered a revenge when the second criteria is met, which was to punish the insulter without letting the revenge overtake the punisher and getting away with the vengeance. Montresor punished Fortunato by killing him and he did get away with it, for no one knew what had happened to Fortuna...