Based on chapters 22 and 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, what is ironic about the fact that the judge proposes the plan to fool the other townspeople into attending the play?

The irony is that a judge, who is expected to represent good judgment and moral behavior, helps deceive the townspeople into attending the duke’s play. His respectable position makes his participation in the trick especially surprising. The correct choice is “A judge is typically viewed as the height of moral conduct.”

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