the importance of the character of the Fool in the play. Discuss whether or not you feel the Fool is essential to the play or whether or not the character could be removed without damaging the overall impact. Make a reference to the text to support your ideas. <br> <br>William Shakespeare’s genius came from how closely he intertwined the two seemingly mutually exclusive realms to appeal to all socio-economic groups in his audience. The character of the Fool provides the closest intercourse of the
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Man Behind the Costume: Feste the Fool A fool‚ is defined as a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person. In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night ‚ Feste‚ the fool‚ plays an important role in the play. Aside from adding humour to the play‚ Feste has shown on more than one occasion the true personalities of characters‚ which helps the reader further understand the play and characters. Feste in some ways is also deceiving and though he was not seen making profound remarks‚ F
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gentleness…harmful mildness” [p.212 A1S4]; “[weak]-mannered man!” etc Elizabethan understanding of the word “nothing” which is so much repeated. It’s daughters not sons taking away Lear’s power. Old men‚ Lear and Gloucester. “I am ashamed…” [p209 A2S4]‚ Fool: “horns without a case” [A1S5] Goneril calling Lear’s knights a “rabble”‚ shows Lear to be an impotent leader. Thereafter‚ daughters take away his knights “have less knights” – take away his power. Monstrosity Theme centred largely around Lear’s
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April 26‚ 1999 "Fools and Kings" Shakespeare’s dynamic use of irony in King Lear aids the microcosmic illustration of not only 16th century Britain‚ but of all times and places. The theme that best develops this illustration is the discussion of fools and their foolishness. This discussion allows Shakespeare not only to portray human nature‚ but also to elicit a sort of Socratic introspection into the nature of society’s own ignorance as well. One type of fool that Shakespeare involves
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In William Shakespeare ’s comedy Twelfth Night‚ it is ironic how many times the fool is said to be dishonest‚ when‚ in fact‚ his role proves entirely opposite. Though sometimes the characters do not realize his hidden messages‚ the reader can instantly comprehend Feste ’s figurative language‚ which is evident in every scene in which the fool appears. Whether he is singing to Orsino‚ arguing with Malvolio‚ or playing around with Viola‚ Feste always manages to sneak in a few symbolic foretokens before
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the audience may believe a ‘fool’ to be purely someone to make you laugh and be an idiot. However Feste is very much the opposite; he fits the definition of wise‚ he speaks profoundly‚ questions high class characters such as Olivia and almost undermines her with his wit. He is very melancholic‚ especially about love whereas everybody else is almost controlled by it and the audience may see him to be wise because he avoids love to stay happy. Feste is a ‘licenced fool’ in “Twelfth Night” and this
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Shakespeare and The Twelfth Night Known for his tragedies‚ comedies‚ sonnets and love stories‚ William Shakespeare is argued to be one of the best writers of his time. Throughout his plays‚ including The Twelfth Night‚ he uses disguise and deceit to fool the other characters to benefit another. Shakespeare was born in April of 1564 in the town Stratford-upon-Avon. Although the exact date of his birth is not known‚ historians traditionally celebrate it on the 23rd. He was one of eight children born
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Shakespeare used the character of a fool to bring about comedy in his plays. Shakespeare’s fools fall into either a licensed fool‚ whereby the fool is a ‘professional jester’ who is ‘paid’ to sing and dance……... On the other hand‚ Shakespeare’s second category for a fool was that of a ‘natural fool’ the only element of a natural fool that Tony exhibits is his desire to be ‘country bumpkin’…. At the beginning of the play we might expect that Tony Lumpkin is a natural fool because in Act 1 Scene 1‚ before
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Even though Feste role is to be a licensed fool‚ his main role is to play the wise man in the play the Twelfth Night‚ which makes him a wise fool. Feste makes the personalities and secrets of the characters oblivious. People would assume that he is a fool because of his title‚ yet it made it oblivious to everyone that he is very wise and that he used this potential throughout the story. Furthermore‚ he sees traits in characters that the audience and the characters cannot see during the play. He
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Feste’s temperament. At the commence of the scene‚ we are lulled into a false sense of security about the fool. However‚ as the body of text continues we see that he has many other traits to his personality‚ for example; his intellect‚ his endearing nature‚ state of mind and his ability to read other characters and what love entails. Throughout Act 1‚ Scene 5 we gain the sense that as a fool/joker; Feste lives up to the expectations of spending the majority of his time making witty puns which lulls
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