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the code of honor
Title: the code of honor
Category: Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 1911 | Pages: 8.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
the code of honor
The Code of Honor
Both Othello and The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn deal with the issue of race, especially the notion of race as a ˇ°social constructˇ±. Othello is ˇ°being taken by the insolent foe and sold to slaveryˇ± (Shakespeare 1.3.136-137); Jim is a runaway nigger. Both of them have ever been a slaver respectively, but their stories are totally different: one becomes a general; one becomes a free man at the end. What does make …showed first 75 words of 1911 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1911 total…Othello and The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, we realize the same critical point in these two great works: honor determines social construct, although we might argue that the other factors, like the races, the characters, the traditions and so on, also affect the social value. In fact, these factors have relations to honor, or are by-products of honor.
Shakespeare. Othello. Signet classic. New York: Penguin, 1998
Mark Twain. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Oxford, 1999
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