... Huck discover the difference between the two. When Huck plays tricks on Jim, when Huck helps Jim, and when he explores the characters Pap, the Duke and the King helps show the reader the difference between "sivilized" behavior and uncivilized behavior. Each experience helps educate the reader and helps further Huck's development ... Huck can be "Sivilized". Twain makes the distinction of "sivilized" behavior and uncivilized behavior when Huck is by Pap, the Duke, or The King. When Twain explores the characters Pap, the Duke, and the King the reader realizes that they are uncivilized peop...

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... dollars' worth o' property layin' around jest sufferin' to be scooped in?-and all good, salable stuff, too." (170-171) This quote shows that the King and Duke are so inhumane they will go so far as to stealing from three innocent girls" "And he said of course William would take the girls home with them."(176). Not ... only do the Duke and the King steal money from the girls, but they lie to them about bringing them to England just so they can have more money. They plan cruel ... not even wait to sell Jim back to his owner for two hundred dollars; they must have some kind of money, even ...

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... facing cruel people thru out their adventure. Twain criticizes the cruelness that was relevant during the eighteenth century. Pap, the Grangerfords, and the King and the Duke are so involved in what matters with them that they do not care or realize how cruel they are. Twain illustrates man's cruelty through the characters of ... the King and the Duke by their obsession with money. An example of their lack of concern of others is when they went to the camp revival on that Sunday. The ... expenses and so the crowd cheers for him and starts an offering plate. While the King was taking the...

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... Another incident occurs when they exploit the people of Arkansas with the Royal Nonesuch play and have no problems with taking their money from them. As the duke says, "I"m in up to the hub for anything that will pay . . .(Twain 129)," even if it means exploiting people and making them believe ... want to be the laughing stock of this whole town. . . (Twain 159)." This shows the gullibility of the town to believe that the King and Duke were real actors in a play called the Royal Nonesuch. Sally Phelps believed Huck's story that he was Tom, along with the steamboat operator who believed...

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... and do the right thing. He shows this when he chooses not to partake in the scam that the King and the Duke are playing on the Wilks family. Instead he takes the money back from the King and Duke to hide it because he believes it is only fair to the family. "I'm letting him rob her of her money...I ... they wont suspicion I done it" (Twain 133) This shows that Huck is starting to see the line between games and real life. Even though the King and the Duke turn scamming people into a game Huck notices that it is unfair to the family and decides to take it upon himself to stop them. This sho...

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... you know" (49). The reader is brought to an emotional high, and then reminded that Huck is indeed a child from is abrupt "rolling barrel conclusion." When the Duke and the King come along, Huck is seen as even more of a child, adhering to their every order and following them around. But it is also at this time ... we see Jim demoted from Huck's responsible guardian and friend to nothing more than a mere tool that the Duke and the King use to acquire forty dollars. When Huck comes to the rescue of Jim, a heroic picture of Huck is seen which is indeed a more ... of the novel, Huck isn't ...

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... done anything for many others either. Through Huck, Twain is able to attack the blind faith that civilized society places towards religion. The King and the Duke are perfect people for Twain to express his satire. They are frauds who make their money by ripping people off. Twain goes on to satirize human nature ... through the town's reaction to the Royal Nonesuch with the King and the Duke. Instead of running the frauds out of town as soon as they realized they were being robbed, the towns people let them stay and encouraged others ... will go so that they will not be the only ones f...

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... done anything for many others either. Through Huck, Twain is able to attack the blind faith that civilized society places towards religion. The King and the Duke are perfect people for Twain to express his satire. They are frauds who make their money by ripping people off. Twain goes on to satirize human nature ... through the town's reaction to the Royal Nonesuch with the King and the Duke. Instead of running the frauds out of town as soon as they realized they were being robbed, the towns people let them stay and encouraged others ... will go so that they will not be the only ones f...

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... created from them being on the raft however, is not enough to keep the civilized world at bay. In this case, civilization comes in the form of two thieves, the Duke and the Dauphin. Ousted from society themselves because of their "occupation" as common, these two men help lead Huck and Jim into even more altercations with the civilized world, such ... as the Peter Wilks incident. Twain uses the Wilks incident to convey man's inhumane dishonesty and it's repercussions. The Duke and the Dauphin pose as the brothers of the deceased in hopes of taking Peter Wilks fortune away from his niece...

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... and headed down river Huck protected Jim in a couple of close encounters like in the small pox incident. After meeting the Duke and King Jim had a easier time of hiding out, yet his search for freedom took a back seat to the Duke and King's greedy exploits. The King then turns around and sells Jim for $40 and Jim is locked away. Huck ... Jim. When the two slave hunters came up and questioned Huck, Huck was just saving his own skin and it just turned out to save Jim's as well. With the Duke and King Huck made sure they helped hide Jim and when Huck was not around Jim was sold. In the end...

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... a waste of time. He mocks the gullibility of "civilized people" when the Dauphin easily deceives the religious crowd. Lastly, he derides the hypocrisy of mobs when the mob attacks the Duke and Dauphin. During the time period in which The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is written, religion is an integral part of civilization. Huck's guardian, Widow Douglas, preaches to him about ... Huck to exhibit his objection to the blind faith that civilized society places towards religion. During Huck and Jim's journey, they encounter two men who refer to themselves as the Duke and Dauphin. These tw...

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... will unknowingly turn this innocent and perceptive young boy into a moral-based and caring young man. Miss Watson tries to show Huck the good of Christianity, while the King and Duke prove to him that there are always some people left in the world who are inhumane. With both of these influences, Huck's morals become as strong as they possibly can ... for me, and I reckon it don't work for only just the right kind"(Twain 37). Continuing on his way with Jim, Huck comes upon two classic characters, the King and Duke. From the beginning, the two hypocrites never once are their true identiti...

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... will unknowingly turn this innocent and perceptive young boy into a moral-based and caring young man. Miss Watson tries to show Huck the good of Christianity, while the King and Duke prove to him that there are always some people left in the world who are inhumane. With both of these influences, Huck's morals become as strong as they possibly can ... for me, and I reckon it don't work for only just the right kind"(Twain 37). Continuing on his way with Jim, Huck comes upon two classic characters, the King and Duke. From the beginning, the two hypocrites never once are their true identiti...

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... seems to think that Huck has had no experience or exposure to the techniques of lying. Another example of verbal irony that Twain uses in chapter 20 is when the duke and the king are interrogating Huck about their raft and Jim. Huck covers for Jim by saying that "Goodness sakes, would a runaway nigger run south?" and therefore uses his own ... mistake of going south to protect Jim. Another good example in chapter 22 of verbal irony is when the duke brings his comedy to a lower form to attract the "Arkansaw" townspeople. "Then at the bottom was the biggest line of all, which said: LADIES...

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... the quote, "I learnt that be best way to get along with his kind of people is to let them have their own way." (Twain 125). Huck is refering to the Duke and the Dauphin, a couple of frauds who fake their identity in order to gain more respect from the two runaways, Huck and Jim. Huck easily notices that they are lying ... , "Well, if I ever struck any thing like it, I"m a ni**er. It was bad enough to make a body ashamed of the human race" (Twain 163). This describes Huck's outlook towards the Duke and Dauphin's schemes. He does not think highly of their wrongful arrangement to scam money...

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... locked him up for days. Huck had committed no wrong doing, yet he was punished. Huck was innocent in more than one way. For example, when the King and the Duke tried to rob the Wilkes" family, Huck spoiled their plan. He felt extremely guilty for stealing the three girls" money, 4 therefore, since Huck confessed to the girls what the King ... and Duke had done he can no longer be considered guilty. Twain made great changes in one of his characters throughout the story. Huck Finn understood many life lessons and earned a sense ... ...

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... exaggerate and make fun of the way he felt American society acted. Many characters were created solely on the purpose to satire human nature. Twain used the King and the Duke mainly to show just how idiotic people were to be tricked into acts such as the Royal Nonesuch, and almost the biggest fraud of all by making an entire town ... want to be the only ones fooled. Twain lets us know how a society that calls themselves civilized can act so irresponsible. Huck learns that frauds like the King and the Duke only get by in the world because they know how the average man in society reacts t...

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... exact. Not only that, but at the end, he still didn't understand completely and just shrugged it off as unimportant. The next instance is when he doesn't believe that the Duke and Dauphin are really royalty. Huck starts in on this whole explanation of how all kings are alike. He then further explains how they are all swindlers and evil men ... . He says that the Duke and the Dauphin are no exception, which Jim believes without hesitation. Throughout the novel, Jim speaks in a heavy southern African American accent. Twain shows this vividly by spelling words like ... ...

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... common citizen was at the time. The woman blames Jim only because he is black, and does not mention a white man. Another example of a situational irony is illustrated when the Duke and Dauphin auction the family of slaves. The town becomes angry over the separation of the family of slaves, while "The thing made a big stir in the town, too, and ... classic case of dramatic irony is visible in the climax of the novel, when Huck makes his decision to free Jim, who has been sold back into captivity by the Duke and the Dauphin. Huckleberry does not know what to do, and feels guilty for helpi...

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... progress this will change. Through experiences such as the letter to Miss Watson, Tom's childish attempts at getting Jim out of the cabin, and the controversy with the king and duke, Huck begins to mature as a person both through his actions and through his morals. Through his "adventures" with Tom, Huck begins to develop a sense of what is mature and what ... is not. Tom is still "in the dark" with regards to maturity. Through the scandals of the king and the duke, Huck begins to understand what is right and what is wrong. When he wrote to Miss Watson concerning the location of Jim, he...

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... the person point of view. Twain didn't use any other person's perspective for the mere fact that Huck was the person between all the actions. Using Ms. Watson and the Duke's perspective wouldn't have given the same effect as Huck's. He also wants the reader to understand the vibes given within the book. Any other character used would have been unnecessary ... ...

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... Huck to exhibit his objection to the blind faith that civilized society places towards religion. During Huck and Jim's journey, they encounter two men who refer to themselves as the Duke and the King. Theses characters make their living by swindling people out of their money. When they are eventually caught, they pay for their sins by being tarred and feathered ... ...

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... to be a loyal, selfless friend and concerned father. Twain deliberately makes his readers like Jim, who happens to be a black man, while showing many of the white characters: Pap, the duke, and dauphin, as hypocritical unsivilized human beings. In certain situations, Jim is humiliated, belittled and insulted with racial slurs. We tend to judge things based on the norms and etiquette ... ...

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... as a person. You have to find yourself and find your own unique personality whether it be bad or good. Evidence of Huck's moral development is shown when the king and duke are being tarred and feathered. Huck states, "Well it made me sick to see it; and I was sorry for them poor pitiful rascals, it seemed like I couldn't ever feel any ... ...

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... that he has behaved as a white man, thereby dismissing him as a stereotypic minstrel figure. Jim's developing humanity is further revealed as Huck struggles with his conscience. After realizing that the Duke and Dauphin have taken Jim, Huck grapples with the decision of what to do with Jim. He finally concludes that Miss Watson would be, ". . . mad and disgusted at [Jim's] rascality ... ...

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