1. Compare and contrast the characters of Tom Canty and Edward Tudor. 2. In what ways do the episodes of traveling with the vagabonds, helping the peasant woman with housework, being held captive by the mad hermit, and sitting in jail with Miles Hendon contribute to the education of Edward […]
Read more Study Help Essay QuestionsCritical Essay Mark Twain’s Method of Characterization
Story, character, setting, and plot are the main elements that combine to form a short story or a novel. These elements, with the language used in presenting them, also combine to create the theme of a work of fiction. Story, character, setting, and plot are always present in any work […]
Read more Critical Essay Mark Twain’s Method of CharacterizationMark Twain Biography
As one of America’s first and foremost realists and humorists, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910) usually wrote of things he knew about from firsthand experience. Two of his best-known novels typify this trait: in his Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain immortalized the sleepy little town of Hannibal, Missouri (the […]
Read more Mark Twain BiographySummary and Analysis Chapter 33 and Conclusion
Summary Miles Hendon, looking “picturesque enough,” according to Twain, moves through the riot on London Bridge and by the time he emerges, what little money he had on his person has been filched by pickpockets. Nevertheless, he continues his search for his young friend, deciding that perhaps he can find […]
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Summary While Edward, the true king, is wandering about London on Coronation Day being mistreated, Tom Canty is just beginning to enjoy and deal effectively in his new position as king. With the help of his so-called whipping-boy, he has lost most of his early fears: “his misgivings faded out […]
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Summary Miles is growing impatient with his confinement as the day of his sentencing finally arrives. He has to sit two hours in the pillory, while the king is almost condemned to the stocks for keeping such bad company. Edward is dismissed with only a lecture, however; but when he […]
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Summary Edward is bitter about being placed in prison; the cells are overcrowded and filthy, the food is inedible, and there is continuous fighting among the prisoners. A week passes, during which time, people are sent in to confirm that Miles Hendon is indeed an imposter. Then one day an […]
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Summary Hendon tells the young king to wait outside of town while he settles his accounts at one of the inns, and Edward is content to do so, for now he is warm and comfortable in the new clothes that Hendon brought him. Hendon is greatly concerned that harsh treatment […]
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Summary After being called “Sir” Miles, Hendon has to force back a smile because he still is amused at what he considers to be his young friend’s gentle madness in pretending to be Prince of Wales. But as far as a title is concerned, Hendon thinks: “An empty and foolish […]
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Summary Miles Hendon follows the tracks of the persons he is seeking part of the way through Southwark, but there all traces end. He returns to his lodgings, therefore, to rest so that he can scour the town thoroughly the next day. As he lies in bed, he decides that […]
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