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treatments to their servants, who can be considered as a non-nobility people; a common people.
Tom Canty is also surprised as he meets Humphrey Marlow; the prince’s whipping-boy 105. He is surprised when he knows the whipping-boy’s job that
he has to take the whips from prince’s teacher for the mistakes that is made by the prince. Through Tom Canty, Mark Twain would like to show the weirdness of the
nobles’ treatment to their servants. He criticizes the nobles’ treatments and ways in valuing the common people; by making a weird position for their servants such
as whipping-boy. Through Tom Canty, Mark Twain also reveals his criticism on the character traits of the nobles that shows that they prefer to have other people
suffer because of their mistakes.
c. Greedy and Cunning
Mark Twain criticizes the greediness of the nobles as he uses the Prince Edward’s adventure as the pauper to reveal his criticism on the nobles in the 16
th
century. In the sixteenth century, there were a lot of facts which implies the cunningness of the nobles. Jeremy Black 119 states about The Duke of
Northumberland who deposed and sent under arrest the Duke of Somerset who serves as ‘Lord Protector of the Realm and Governor of the Kings Person’ to get
his position, although he does not succeed. The Crucial new figure was John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, who became
Lord President of the Council 1550-1553, and Duke of Northumberland in 1551. A member of Henry VIII’s service nobility, he was representative
of general aristocratic views on economic regulation and social policy, in being uninterested in either 119.
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Even in the royal family, there were so many unfair competitions to accede the English crown, for example Mary Tudor, Edward’s half-sister. Morgan 260
states that Mary Tudor took the Throne of England because of she cheated. She could take the Throne after she executed Lady Jane Grey. The Prince’s journey
reveals that there are so many stories about wickedness of the nobles. The Prince hears his friend’s story, Miles Hendon-the son of Sir Richard Hendon 84, about
Miles’ brother namely Hugh Hendon who is very wicked and cunning. “….Hugh- but I will crack his crown, an he interfere, the fox-hearted, ill-conditioned animal”
82. Hugh Hendon, Miles’ brother, represents the kind of nobleman who has ambition to raise his territory and authority. Mark Twain puts the character of
Hugh, as a representative of the typical bad noblemen in the 16
th
Century, as what Miles describes Hugh in the story. “….Hugh, younger than I, a mean spirit,
covetous, treacherous, vicious, underhanded-a reptile” 85. Hugh is sly person. He uses sly way to dominate all his family’s properties as his own. “…and he had
a smooth persuasive tongue, with an admirable gift of lying-and these be qualities which do mightily assist a blind affection to cozen itself” 85. He discards Miles
to take Miles’ girlfriend as his wife. ….Hugh turn these faults to good account-he seeing that out brother
Arthur’s health was but indifferent, and hoping the worst might work him profit were I swept out of the path…then, this brother did deftly magnify
my faults and make them crimes…and did convince my father by this….that I was minded to carry off my Edith and marry with her… 86.
As soon as the Prince accompanies Miles comes back to the Hendon Hall, Hugh denies Miles as his brother and pretends that Miles is dead 200, as he tells
that he receives a letter that says Miles is dead in war. Where, Hugh himself who writes that letter 204. Hugo writes a letter to cheat Miles Hendon so that the
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people consider that Miles have already died; “… thou’st writ the lying letter thyself, and my stolen bride and goods are its fruit…” 204. He discards his own
brothers and his father to have the properties for himself 201. In the novel, in the end of the story, it has proven that Hugh steals his brother’s estates and title and he
gets punishment from Edward VI 271. Through the Prince’s journey, Mark Twain would like to show the nobles’ attitude, such as Hugo Hendon’ attitude.
Therefore Prince Edward himself becomes more realize how his noblemen’s attitude out of the palace.
d. Arrogant
