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The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man. Christine Sparks. The Novel. History of the Circus. The Freak Tent. Sideshows in the Circus. ( Neu - ro - fi -bro-ma-to-sis) (Pro- te -us syn - dro -me).

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The Elephant Man

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  1. The Elephant Man Christine Sparks

  2. The Novel

  3. History of the Circus

  4. The Freak Tent Sideshows in the Circus

  5. (Neu-ro-fi-bro-ma-to-sis)(Pro-te-us syn-dro-me)

  6. “He has trouble with certain sounds because of the constrictive deformity of the mouth. His face is entirely incapable of expression. He can cry, but he cannot smile. But he can talk, and has great eagerness to make contact with people who will let him.” P. 105

  7. “It’s only a physical problem.” p. 104

  8. Joseph Merrick Life in the Circus

  9. “A dozen times a day he would have to expose his deformities before a gaping crowd, who would scream and run from him or stare and poke his growths.” P. 125

  10. “When he was not needed for exhibition he would be permitted the only happiness possible to him – to creep into the darkness and hide.” P. 125

  11. Inhumanity

  12. “He was kept a virtual prisoner, housed like an animal, shut off from the world, which he now saw only through a peephole in a showman’s cart.” P. 125

  13. Enveloping Disguise

  14. “It was in the circus that Merrick had acquired his strange disguise.” P. 125

  15. “I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I – am –a – man. P. 257

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