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The Fool in "King Lear"
Analytical Essay # 21234
The Fool in "King Lear"
A focus on his relationship with Lear and his roles as a commentator and vehicle for the central theme of deceit vs. self-knowledge.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages) |
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1994
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"This study will discuss the Fool in Shakespeare's King Lear, focusing on his dual role as a commentator who furnishes clues to the meaning of the play, and as a character whose nature carries a vital part of the central theme. The Fool serves both roles well simply because he is generally not taken seriously by the other characters. This failure to heed the Fool's truth is expressed primarily in the character of Lear. The Fool is more tolerated than engaged by Lear, and this detachment allows him to both give a running commentary on the action and its deeper meaning, and serve at the same time as an essential character whose honest but "foolish" nature addresses a vital part of the play's theme of self-delusion.The play's theme focuses on the lack of self-knowledge (and the lack of knowledge of the true characters of offspring) as..."
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