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How is the most solemn of ceremonies, a wake and a funeral, satirized in this section of the novel?

For one thing, Huck hides the money in the coffin of the deceased.  For another, a major con is going on under the noses of those who are suffering the loss of their loved one...perhaps some of the funniest stuff is when the King and the Duke are impersonating the European brothers--especially the deaf and mute one!