Twelfth Night - Analysis of Fools.
Date Submitted: 05/17/2002 21:21:27
Twelfth Night - Analysis of Fools
A fool can be defined in many meanings according to the
Oxford English Dictionary On Historical Principles. The word
could mean "a silly person", or "one who professionally
counterfeits folly for the entertainment of others, a jester,
clown" or "one who has little or no reason or intellect" or
"one who is made to appear to be a fool" (word originated from
North Frisian). In english literature, the two
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the ones that control the
comedy and humor in the play. They assist in the make believe
game and fool around with characters who "evade reality or rather
realize a dream". In Twelfth Night, Feste, Maria and Sir Toby
are the fools that make the comedy work in many senses. They
create the confusion through humor and it all works out in the
end to make William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night a really funny
Elizabethan play.
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