King Lear
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The role the Fool in the Tragedy of
The Fool in William Shakespeare's is often mistaken as foolhardy, but everything he says has a deeper significance and greater truth. Since he is the court jester, the audience assumes that the Fool's main purpose is to entertain us. The Fool's dramatic funct ....
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.... an thou canst not smile as the wind sits, thoul't catch cold shortly
There, take may coxcomb! Why this fellow has banished two on's daughters,
And did the third a blessing against his will. If thou follow him,
Thou must needs wear my coxcomb- How now nuncle? Would I had two
Coxcombs and two daughters!
(I, i: 96-103)
When the Fool offers King Lear his coxcomb, he is offering him wisdom. King Lear is unaware of his ignoble actions and this is the fool's attempt to make him ....
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