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Shakespeare's fools address themes of love, psychic turmoil, personal identity, and many other innumerable themes that arise in Shakespeare, and in modern theater. Shakespeare's earlier fools often seem to be written for the particular talents of famous Elizabethan actor, William Kempe.
The convention in Elizabethan drama is that the fool is the most insightful and intelligent man in the play. He is not to be confused with a clown: in Shakespeare’s time ‘clown’ was a simple rural man – a yokel. The fool is a very important character in a Shakespeare play as he fulfils two important functions:
Il Fool della tragedia. Il fool shakespeariano (o scespiriano [1]) è un tipo di personaggio che William Shakespeare usa frequentemente nelle sue opere. Indice. 1 Etimologia. 2 I fool shakespiriani. 3 Elenco dei fool. 4 Note. 5 Collegamenti esterni. Etimologia.
The Evolution of Shakespeare's Fools in Three Plays. by J. M. Pressley, SRC Editor. Shakespeare Fun Fact. Shakespeare used the word "fool" approximately 423 times in the lines of his plays, while "clown" is used 19 times. Shakespeare is often viewed as the paragon of Elizabethan theatre on the strength of his characters.
7 set 2016 · Shakespeare’s clowns and fools [infographic] Illuminating Shakespeare. Read More. September 7th 2016. Fools, or jesters, would have been known by many of those in Shakespeare’s contemporary audience, as they were often kept by the royal court, and some rich households, to act as entertainers.
1 apr 2013 · Since today is April Fools’ Day, we wanted to take a look at some of the most famous fools in literature: those written by Shakespeare. Below is just a handful of Shakespearean fools from a selection of his tragedies, comedies, and more.
Roberta Mullini. of the University of Bologna, here examines the full range of the fools created by Shakespeare, both in terms of their specific dramatic functions, and as holders of the ‘fool's licence’ to disrupt language, action, and the very relationship between seeming and being.
