The Fool

The Fool in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is more intelligent than most of the other characters in the play. When talking to Olivia, and attempting to make her laugh, he turns her words against her. As she demands his removal, he says, “Do you not hear fellows, take the lady away” (Page 29). Though she carries power over him, the fools wit is more powerful than hers. Olivia’s disposition leads the fool to wonder why she is mourning. Once Olivia mentions the death of her brother, the Fool bluntly states

the word “fool” can be defined in many ways. A fool can be “a stupid or silly person”, or “one who is made to appear foolish”, a dupe, a jester, or “one who lacks good sense or judgement”. The average child would see clowns or their fathers as silly fools. The more mature mind would describe fools as drunkards or annoying coworkers. While the many definitions above are valid, they are not as accurate in describing Feste the Fool in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. In actuality, Feste is no fool at all.

For some, they are able to laugh and take a humorous approach about the situation. For others, when made out to be a fool, its a matter of pride, humiliation, and embarrassment that hurts an ego. Sir Andrew and Feste are two examples of how a fool is percieved, and how foolish someone can act. Don't judge a book by it's cover. An excellent example of a "natural" fool is Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Intentionally he doesn't mean to be funny, but he is. He is amused easily, his lack of wit is

Who the Fools Are in Gimpel the Fool When reading through "Gimpel the Fool", the reader asks who the fools really are? Throughout this paper I will use the psychological approach. I will use this to show that Gimpel's character grows more into a successful person rather than a fool as everyone knows him to be. "Gimpel The Fool" is a story written by Isaac Bashevis Singer. This story is about a simple man named Gimpel. He is measured by many to be a fool because he is naive and easily taking

December 3rd, 2014 Diego Martinez AP-English Lit. Ms. White A Fool trapped in a Storm In William Shakespeare’s “King Lear”, one of the most iconic scenes is when King Lear is fighting off a storm with the fool, right after being banished by both his daughters in the scene prior. Not only is this scene iconic, but thought provoking as well. It is during this popular scene that the reader can realize how the fool and the storm are actually the physical representation of what happens inside King Lear’s

In King Lear, the Fool is a very interesting character because he is ironic. In a kingdom, a fool is a clown or jester who is ignorant and makes everybody laugh with his actions. However, in the play, this character is very smart and gives important and intelligent advice to King Lear. In this quote the fool makes a very accurate prediction, and William Shakespeare shows the themes of chaos and nothingness through the prognostication. This character predicted that when the King’s ungrateful and

The role of a fool or jester during Elizabethan times were to entertain everyone at court, especially the King. The fool would sing, dance, make jokes and make a fool of himself. In Shakespeare’s King Lear, the fool has many roles. When Lear banishes Cordelia from his kingdom, the fool in a way takes on Cordelia 's role. He is not only a fool, but through his sarcasm and irony, he becomes the king 's loyal advocate by pointing out the king’s shortcomings. The fool is the only one who is able to criticize

Gimpel the Fool Theme Analysis Essay "It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil” Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer teaches readers about faith, acceptance, and forgiveness The reason for Gimpel’s faith is his belief in the afterlife. he believes in his god and that there is a haven and hell he tells himself how things will be so much better once he finally able to reach that final destination Faith in the short story Gimpel the fool plays a major role

Marylee Sumeriski Dr. Bordelon ENGL 152-04 28 February 2013 Fool Me Once… Gimpel in “Gimpel the Fool” by Isaac Bashevis Singer is, contrary to what the title implies, not a fool because of his morals, his faith in God, and his unshakable faith in humanity and human goodness. Gimpel considers himself a self-induced fool, so to speak. He is totally aware of the fact that the townspeople mock and play jokes on him – he almost encourages them to do so. But this, and the fact that Gimpel is so

Is Gimpel really a fool or are the people around him the fools? The word fool means to be tricked or very gullible in believing what people tell you. This is shown throughout the story with Gimbel as he believes everything that is said. It is also implied that the people around him are the real fools. The rabbi he goes to visit tells him, “It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil” (Singer 328). Gimpel although very gullible does try to believe in these people