The Fool Is Not the Fool After all! By: Faisel Modhi

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<Tab/>Out of all the characters in King Lear the most exciting character had to be The Fool. The fool keeps appearing and disappearing making the play interesting. The fool is an essential character to the evolution of Lear's character, since he is the image of truth and reason. The fool shows Lear how he is going insane as well as attempts to delay this inevitable. The fool also shows the …

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…that crossed his mind no matter how strange or stupid it was. The Fool thought very highly of himself while others looked down upon him. His role was to help the King<Tab/> when no one else would and for that I think he was not foolish at all. Since the Fool was not a fool and turned out to be a wise person makes his role all the more important.