Question

excerpt from the adventures of huckleberry finn by mark twain chapter 22 well, that night we had our show, but there warnt only about twelve people there—just enough to pay expenses. and they laughed all the time, and that made the duke mad, and everybody left, anyway, before the show was over, but one boy which was asleep. so the duke said these arkansaw lunkheads couldnt come up to shakespeare; what they wanted was low comedy—and maybe something rather worse than low comedy, he reckoned. he said he could size their style. so next morning he got some big sheets of wrapping paper and some black paint, and drawed off some handbills, and stuck them up all over the village. the bills said at the court house! for 3 nights only! the world renowned tragedians david garrick the younger! and edmund kean the elder! of the london and continental theatres in their thrilling tragedy of the kings camel opard: which excerpt from chapter 23 of the adventures of huckleberry finn most clearly illustrates that the duke is someone who does not take responsibility for his actions and would rather blame others if something does not go well? so the duke said these arkansaw lunkheads couldnt come up to shakespeare; what they wanted was low comedy—and maybe something rather worse than low comedy, he reckoned. then the duke he lets the curtain down, and bows to the people, and says the great tragedy will be performed only two nights more, on accounts of pressing london engagements, where the seats is all sold already for it in drury lane. \walk fast now till you get away from the houses,

Explanation:

The first excerpt shows the duke blaming the Arkansaw audience ("lunkheads") for the poor turnout of his Shakespearean show, instead of taking responsibility for choosing a performance that didn't match the audience's preferences. The other provided excerpts either show the duke lying to draw a crowd or fleeing, which do not focus on blaming others for his own failures.

Answer:

So the duke said these Arkansaw lunkheads couldn't come up to Shakespeare; what they wanted was low comedy—and maybe something rather worse than low comedy, he reckoned.