A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

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“The ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical” (Twain, 6). In the Preface, of Mark Twain's piece, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, he states that the laws and customs were “ungentle” in the sixth century. In the story, Twain presents Hank Morgan, who gets hit in the head with a crowbar during a quarrel and wakes up in the sixth century in King Arthur's Court. Pretending to be a magician like the other so-called magician Merlin, he claims the title “The Boss” and also becomes the right hand man of King Arthur. Twain’s story centralizes around the laws and customs of the sixth century and how unfair they were using traits such as foolishness,

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