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The very first impression that anyone might have when reading a Shakespearian play that include a fool as one of its characters is that he is used to provide entertainment to the play. Such an impression isn't, by any mean, correct. Shakespeare, in fact, usually used such characters to say something about human psychology and the way they react to life. In addition, he had that gift of a great writer who had a penetrating understanding of his audience's intellectual level. Accordingly he was always keen to fill his plays with jokes that are meant for the common man to help him to reach the intended message easily. This, of course, led to an increase in the richness and the subtlety of his dramas.

The theatrical Fool or clown with his songs, dances, and jests delighted the audience, and contributed much in adding a sense of entertainment to the play. "King Lear", however, is the only play among
the tragedies of Shakespeare in which a fool has been introduced, a fact which......

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