The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
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All Themes Vanity and Virtue Revenge and Redemption Guilt and Shame Outsiders and Insularity
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All Characters Edward Richards Mary Richards The Stranger (Howard Stephenson) Reverend Burgess Barclay Goodson Deacon Billson Lawyer Wilson The Tanner Mr. Cox Nancy Hewitt “Dr.” Harkness Pinkerton
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All Symbols The Sack of Gold
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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

by

Mark Twain

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Symbols

The Sack of Gold

The sack of fake gold that the stranger brings to Hadleyburg symbolizes how easily people succumb to temptation if they’ve never had to test their integrity. Because the citizens of Hadleyburg are so proud of…

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