The king and duke were merely con-men pretending to be royalty. They met in Huck's raft because they were running away from the authorities who discovered their con.
They were initially strangers but upon knowing that each was a conman. Both hatched a plan to con numerous people by staging a play like Romeo and Juliet.
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because they don't want to be seen as weak or broken, they don't want to be called helpless. they don't want to be watched all the time! And I don't want to be judged anymore!
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