He is in love with Trippetta, who is from his nation, and is finally spurred to action when he is forced to drink and she is beaten as a result of his refusal.  
The title character works in the court of a king who preferred Gargantua to Voltaire's Zadig.  He is in love with Trippetta, who is from his nation, and is finally spurred to action when he is forced to drink and she is beaten as a result of his refusal.  Seeking revenge, the title character formulates the game of "The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs," which is an alternative title to this story.  In getting the king and his seven councillors to go along with this game at a masquerade ball, he orchestrates their death in the confusion and escapes.  FTP, name this tale about the titular dwarfish jester written by Edgar Allan Poe
The title character works in the court of a king who preferred Gargantua to Voltaire's Zadig.  
"Hop-Frog"