King Lear "The Fool In Us"

Once he has carve up his kingdom between Goneril and Regan it is too late for any advice to Lear to resolving the matter. The ride tries to get Lear to understand what a dupe and bungle he has been, but Lear cannot line up himself as the portrait the bull's eye paints. Lear needs aught more than himself; he has everything in himself. However, he goes from everything in himself to zero because he has been un bracing:

Lear. Does any here know me? This is not Lear:

Does Lear walk so? Speak thus? Where are his eyes?

Either his notion weakens, his discernings

Are lethargied-Ha! wakeful? ?tis not so.

Who is it that can specialise me who I am?

The main meaning of fool in King Lear is being unwise, a foolishness that makes Lear the victim and dupe of his daughters, and eventu all(prenominal)y a madcap who has cipher. As the Fool tells Lear "Thou has pared thy wit o'both sides, and left nothing i'th'middle." The irony of the King being the fool and the Fool having cognizance does not go unnoticed by the Fool, but it does by Lear who fails to understand he has erred in judgement and wisdom. Kent does understand this as well, which is why when the Fool tells Lear his lands, thus, his power, have come to nothing, he beseeches Kent to tell him because Lear does not understand:

Fool. Then ?tis like the breath of an unfee'd lawyer,--you gave nothing for't.?Can you make no use of nothing, nuncle?

Lear. Why, no, boy; nothing can be made out of not

Shakespeare, W. William Shakespeare: The Complete Works. New York, Gramercy Books, 1975.

In conclusion, we can see that the meaning of fool in King Lear does stand for a court jester, a be sexual loved one, a dupe, a madman, and a victim.

We also see that Lear does, indeed, in the words of the Apostle capital of Minnesota, have to aim a fool before he becomes wise to Cordelia's love for him and the unnatural motives of his other two daughters. Only then does he recognize his own foolishness, but by then all is lost and it comes to late to save him, his kingdom, or Cordelia.

The saying from Paul is similar to the dilemma of Lear. He deceives himself into thinking he is everything in himself, but he comes to nothing because he thinks he is wise without realizing he is a fool. Fool, in this case, meaning duped and victimized by his daughters because of foolishly dividing Cordelia's lands between them. The King will eventually be driven to madness because of his foolish actions. He will relapse everything, including Cordelia who he comes to realize is the only daughter that truly loves him. Lear does, indeed, in the words of the Apostle Paul, become a fool before he becomes wise. However, it is too late for him to save his kingdom or his making love Cordelia. Thus, the King who is everything in himself becomes, by his own foolishness, nothing. Though the Fool loves Lear, Lear, from the beginning of the play, do
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