Overall, he made the people of Camelot aware of the injustice of their time and gave them the hope for an optimistic future. ... Furthermore, Mark Twain implies that the people of his time had better judgment. For example, in order to save himself from death, Morgan remembers that an eclipse occurred on that day and informs the people that he will cover the whole world in darkness. As he said those words, the eclipse occurred thus making all the gullible citizens of Camelot to believe that he was extremely powerful. ... Thus from this example, it is evident that the people of the middle ag...

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Collective consciousness can be seen as any form of knowledge or behavior that is accepted by a large number of people. ... During the abolition movement many people felt that slaves should be freed because of things written in the Bible, while many people (specifically in Southern society) used the Bible to justify slavery. ... A mob is a perfect example of collective consciousness because it represents a large amount of people suddenly overcome with a common destructive goal. ... Collective consciousness is shown to be pitiful, and truly gullible, as the duke and the king manipulate it. ....

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