Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The people most killed themselves laughing; and when the king got done capering and capered off behind the scenes, they roared and clapped and stormed and haw-hawed till he come back and done it over again, and after that they made him do it another time. Well, it would make a cow laugh to see the shines that old idiot cut. What is the effect of the last line of this excerpt?

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Baird

22 November, 12:37

Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The people most killed themselves laughing; and when the king got done capering and capered off behind the scenes, they roared and clapped and stormed and haw-hawed till he come back and done it over again, and after that they made him do it another time. Well, it would make a cow laugh to see the shines that old idiot cut. What is the effect of the last line of this excerpt?

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Lindsey Cox · Answer 1

As for me, the last line of this excerpt represents an irony of kind's behaviour. It is clear that the acts he performs are totally strange but the last line emphasizes the outrageousness of the king's new comedy act and also shows the author's opinion towards this weird character. Besides the irony, this line also brings visible humor to the description.