![]() ![]() SlaverySlavery appears prominently in the work as a social ill that Hank seeks to abolish. Hank accuses the church for shoring up the ills of the sixth century society: superstition hereditary nobility social inequality the meek subservience of the masses to authority and tradition. He states that "the established church is only a political machine," bereft of the spiritual functions that it purports to serve. ![]() Twain's Yankee's greatest fear and ultimate enemy is the Roman Catholic Church, which to him embodies the evils of manipulating religion for political purposes. Within this context several topics and themes recur: The Church Just as the mythic King Arthur embodies his age, the age of romantic chivalry, Hank Morgan is a type figure of the nineteenth century man "nearly barren of sentiment," freedom minded, shrewd and technocratic. A Connecticut Yankee derives its brilliance, its humor and its themes from one source: a juxtaposition of times and its attendant values. ![]()
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