A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur Court Character Analysis

In the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court by Mark Twain Hank Morgan tries to bring advanced technology to a past time period. Morgan begins his journey by believing that his intelligence is far superior to everyone around him this way of thinking helped him bring futuristic ideas into the past without the thought of consequences. He brought many new advancements but eventually his greed is what lead to his down fall. Throughout the novel the Yankee is trying to prove his superiority by rebuilding the civilization to have more modern day views and technology but as the Yankee becomes more powerful he gets greedier and this leads to the destruction of everything he has made advancements in; this poses the question of whether Hank Morgan a creator or a destroyer in this novel. At the beginning of the novel Hank meets Clarence and he becomes his partner and together they try to introduce technology that is more advanced then what has been establish in this time period. The Yankee quickly realizes that many of these people do not know how to read and write so he teaches Clarence and shortly after the kingdom has a
He then creates a West Point like army academy where he begins training soldiers to the highest level. After this Hank explains to King Arthur the benefits a trained army would have he immediately agrees and assembles an army of noble men. Even though this is what Hank wanted he is unhappy that none of his men got chosen and again we see manipulative side of him come out again. He eventually gets his way by having the king let the peasants be unpaid soldiers. The army the kingdom creates could help with safety and expansion but it gets taken apart at the end of the novel. Hank essentially creates the army his domineering ways takes over and eventually he once again destroys the advancements he