How Does Mark Twain Use Disguises In Huck Finn

Disguises play a significant role in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain. Disguises can elicit emotions from characters that the reader might not have realized. In the novel, Twain shows how deception can negatively affect a person by utilizing disguises to depict humor, suspense, and anger.
In “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” one way Twain shows how disguises can negatively affect a person is through humor. The characters most often use disguises are the king and the duke, and their plans for the schemes can range from a wide variety. One of the schemes in the novel is when the king, duke, Huck, and Jim plan to throw a show to earn money. The group intends to reenact two of Shakespeare's plays for the townspeople in the

Somes disguises in the novel end up making people angry or unhappy in return. One of these types of disguises is when after Huck and Jin get to the Ohio River while they are going to Cairo, Huck pretends to be a ghost in front of Jim and pranks him by saying that their adventures had all been a dream and never happened. Jim, unfortunately, gets scared severely, but when Jim finds out that Huck is just playing with him, he gets mad at Huck. This event can even show how Huck’s use of deception makes him further realize that black people and white people are equal and both have emotions. Huck takes this as an experience to learn from and “[will not] do him no more mean tricks, and I [will not] [do] that one if [I have] ‘a’ [know] it [will] make him feel that way” (88). Huck knows that Jim is a good person in his life, and losing him would be awful since Jim provides a father figure and supporter towards Huck. Disguises also show what characters might believe in, like looking for the truth in a situation rather than false hope. The reader can see how false hope can make a character angry or act out during the scene of the Wilks family. After the king and duke introduce themselves as the Wilks brothers, the townspeople rejoice and want to hear more about their journey. However, there is one person who is not as believing as the others are, which is the family doctor and close friend of Peter Wilks, Dr. Robinson. Dr. Robinson calls them out about giving the town and family false information and says they are frauds. He says that the king’s imitation of an Englishman is “the worst imitation [I will] ever [hear]. You Peter Wilks’s brother! You’re a fraud, that’s what you are!” (171). Dr. Robinson does not want to have anything to do with the con men and wants them to leave, but unfortunately, the rest of the town is falling under the king and duke’s trap and defending them against the doctor. Even