Match the themes from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" with the excerpts they represent.

"The fact had all gone abroad..." is rags to riches.
The quote describes how the eating house went from "being a poor, struggling...enterprise" to being "celebrated, overcrowded with customers.

"Why, it isn't six months..." is also rags to riches.
He is described at first as sitting up nights on extra allowance to being a millionaire.

"When the crash should come..." is impending doom.
The very beginning indicates that something bad (the crash) is coming. This quote also mentions total destruction.

"Please get those things off..." is rags to riches.
He literally changes his clothes from something ordinary to clothes that were made to order for a prince.

"Deep in debt, not a cent" is wealth worship.
In this quote, he is wishing for a salary that may never materialize.

jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2022-01-19T08:45:38-05:00

The matching themes of the details from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" with the excerpts they represent is:

"The fact had all gone abroad..."

Rags to Riches

This refers to the elevation from being poor to becoming rich, a grass to grace story.

"Why, it isn't six months..."

Rags to Riches/ Grass to Grace

This describes his gradual ascent to becoming a successful millionaire from nothing.

"When the crash should come..."

Impending Doom

This makes use of foreshadowing to show that something bad is about to happen.

"Please get those things off..."

Grass to Grace

This shows how he has a change of appearance as he now wears better and classier clothes.

"Deep in debt, not a cent"

Worship of Wealth

Here. there is the worship of money which makes him to lust for money