"Satire and Socil Commentary in "A connecticutt Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain

The art of literature has long been used as a vehicle for entertaining the masses. However, many stories have another purpose, such as expressing the writer's feelings on social customs from years gone bye or at the time of writing. One vehicle which is often used to attain this goal is satire. Mark Twain's novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, is an excellent example of using satire as social commentary(Reis 316). The novel …

…he attempted to import into the sixth century is no longer capable of satisfying Hank(Robinson 192). A third aspect of Hank's failure to be a truly practical Yankee is his relationship with Sandy. Twain cannot condemn Sandy for her simplicity and eventually grows to worship it(Wiggins 82).         Twain felt that the sixth century was far from perfect. However, the nineteenth century did not contain the answers which Camelot needed to overcome its ignorance and superstition.