Well, Hamlet is a better play. But I think it's a mistake to try and rank tragedy and comedy against each other. One is not better than the other. Apples and oranges...you know.
It sounds strange to us today, but the biggest self-doubt Huck has is whether is it right to help Jim escape. In his society Jim is a piece of property. It's a crime to steal some ones property. Of course he is able to overcome this self doubt and do what we think of as the right thing (and we...