1. What is the function of the use of the “frame” around the story of Hank Morgan? 2. Discuss the two opposing views of knighthood that are presented in the novel. 3. What is Hank Morgan’s view of the nobility, of the Catholic Church, and of aristocratic preferment? 4. How […]
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In traditional terms, there are no characters in A Connecticut Yankee: There is only Hank Morgan. The other characters who appear are only pawns who serve to reflect some quality of Hank Morgan’s. For example, Clarence appears more than any other secondary character in the novel, and we know that […]
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As one of America’s first and foremost realists and humorists, Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, usually wrote about his own personal experiences and things he knew about from firsthand experience. Two of his best-known novels typify this trait: In his Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain immortalized […]
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Summary Just a few days after his return to Camelot, The Boss must fight Sir Sagramor le Desirous to give satisfaction for the supposed malediction several years earlier. In this tournament, a new rule takes effect: Each combatant can use any weapon which he chooses. Merlin, of course, is on […]
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Summary The king is upset that the price he brought was only seven dollars, and he complains incessantly. In point of fact, his style of conduct is at odds with his apparent condition, and this discrepancy is responsible for his low price and for the fact that he becomes a […]
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Summary After this confession has been made and The Boss accepts it completely, the two men walk toward the hamlet, talking. In the village, The Boss makes the acquaintance of a number of people and learns what he can about the matter of wages here. One of the things that […]
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Summary Late that night, The Boss cuts the king’s hair, trims his beard, and dresses him in a long robe and sandals. In this costume, they can pass as poor freemen, and they slip away from the monastery just before dawn. The first problem occurs when some of the nobility […]
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Summary After this miracle, The Boss’s reputation is great in the Valley of Holiness, so he decides to suggest that a bath be built. He assures the abbot that it will not dry up the water again and that an error had been made the previous time, when it was […]
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Summary The next day, The Boss and Sandy leave the pigs in the castle — whose it is they never discover — and they set out again. Shortly thereafter, they meet a band of pilgrims who are headed toward the Valley of Holiness — a place where the holiness of […]
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Summary The next morning, The Boss and Sandy take to the road again, and Sandy begins once more her tale of the knights, the story that she left unfinished when they reached Morgan le Fay’s castle. After they cover about ten miles in three hours, they stop for a long […]
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