The one of them got on one side of the coffin, and t’other on t’other side, and they kneeled down and rested their foreheads on the coffin, and let on to pray all to themselves” (Twain 174-175). And this shows how everyone who is looking at Peter Wilks body is very upset and people are crying, but the Duke and King are just there waiting for the money and property they will get from Peter. This is shown by using dramatic irony because the audience knows that the King and Duke are not really Peter Wilks two brothers, but the characters in the book have no
The one of them got on one side of the coffin, and t’other on t’other side, and they kneeled down and rested their foreheads on the coffin, and let on to pray all to themselves” (Twain 174-175). And this shows how everyone who is looking at Peter Wilks body is very upset and people are crying, but the Duke and King are just there waiting for the money and property they will get from Peter. This is shown by using dramatic irony because the audience knows that the King and Duke are not really Peter Wilks two brothers, but the characters in the book have no