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In six pages this paper presents a character analysis of the novel’s protagonist Hank Morgan and notes the similarities between himself and the nobles he tries to undermine. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
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views of the average American, the products of nineteenth-century Social Darwinism and imperialism as a moral imperative. Twain and his fellow Americans regarded the British monarchy, its rigid class
system, and the power its Church wielded during the Middle Ages, as oppressive and anti-democratic. The American system, they reasoned, was far better because it was based upon a
government by the people and a capitalist economy that provided every individual with an opportunity to achieve the financial prosperity known as the American Dream. All he would have
to do is work hard, and he would be in turn rewarded handsomely for his efforts. This American Everyman is represented in Mark Twains 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthurs Court as the protagonist Hank Morgan. A skilled metalworker, after receiving a nasty bump on the head by a crowbar-wielding co-worker called Hercules, Hank is miraculously
transported to the court of King Arthur. He was quick to reveal his disdain for King Arthurs realm that focused upon the frivolous needs of noblemen like Sir Galahad,
Sir Launcelot, and Sir Kay the Seneschal at the expense of the impoverished masses. Hank decided to transform this Medieval kingdom into a nineteenth-century technological marvel, believing this would
put the ineffectual Arthur and the uppity nobles in their places while at the same time liberating the people from their social oppression. Although this was certainly not Mark
Twains intention, throughout the course of the novel Hank displays characteristics that are ironically similar to the nobles he attempts to undermine at every turn. When Hank first arrived at
court, he was an outcast and an object of considerable derision by the nobles. However, he looked at them and their culture with the same condescension as evidenced by
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