Huck Finn Introducing the King and the Duke

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Huck Finn Introducing the King and the Duke

• Chapters 19-23

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Does Twain believe there such a thing as too
far from society?

• A-YES
• B-NO

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The Duke The Dauphin (King) Conmen and Satire

• Professional conmen- What do they do to make
  money?
• Trick people
• Duke selling fake products that dont work
  (toothpaste that take tartar and enamel off your
  teeth)
• King running a temperance revival and charging
  money each night while drinking on the sly
• Huck does not believe their story. So why does he
  let them stay?
• He wants to avoid conflict

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The king himself

• The king is basically and idiot. BUT he is
  smarter than the churchgoers!
• What is Twain saying about religious fanatics?
• Overkill and gullible
• What is he saying about the average man?
• Easily manipulated

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Sherburn and Boggs Southern Bravery?

• Second death Boggs
• Colonel Sherburn speech is a violent criticism
  of the myth of Southern Braverycompare to
  Grangerford episode (criticism of Southern Honor)
• Sherburn compares these people to the KKK when he
  says You didnt bring a man with you?mob
  mentality
• Twain is making the point that it is better to
  act on your own and not through mob mentality.

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Royal Nonesuch

• The sign Ladies and Children Not Permitted
  suggests what?
• Scandal
• Who comes to the shows?
• All the townsmen
• Why does it attract a large crowd?
• An element of danger and badness
• What is Twain saying about human beings through
  this Satire?
• We are easily manipulated to want what we
  shouldnt
• The men who have been conned decide to let the
  other men in the town be conned before the run
  the King and the Duke out! What does this say
  about societys morality?
• We dont want to be alone in our stupidity
• Its okay to get revenge
• Its okay to con if you have been conned

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JIM IS HUMANIZED!

• Jim weeps about the loss of his family and shares
  with Huck and event from his pastslapping his
  daughter for not closing the door only to realize
  she was deaf. Huck realizes he is a human being
  with real emotions.