The Man with the Muckrake Themes
Good vs. Evil
TR's so set on discussing the climactic struggle between good and evil in "The Man with the Muckrake" that he may as well turn in his presidency and become a knight errant. He firmly believes in ab...
Lies and Deceit
In Teddy's own words, "The liar is no whit better than the thief" (17). The main damage that TR seems to be concerned about in "The Man with the Muckrake" is slander. It's also a speech mostly targ...
Society and Class
Class warfare is the problem behind all of this hemming and hawing about morality, honesty, and virtue. The wealth gap was one of the defining issues of the Gilded Age, and corruption in politics a...