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  • 07-06-2010 3:30pm
    #1
    Zephyr91
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭


    Why is everyone I talk to (my teacher, classmates, friends, other friends, posters from boards) so sure that the Fool of all people is gonna come up in King Lear...he's a minor enough character. :confused:


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    fufureida
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭fufureida


    Because he's a major character towards the progression of the play. I have a 5 page A1 essay on him ready and waiting... I hope to god he comes up.


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    BarbiePink
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    How can you write 5 a4 pages on the Fool ? I haven't anything prepared on him :(


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    Curlyhatescurls
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭Curlyhatescurls


    God I hope he doesn't come up, we have an amazing teacher and I am fully confident that he has us completely prepared. We have no '5 page essay' prepared on the fool, he IS a minor character, anyway, our teacher said that if they have one really specific question they will also have one really general question so stop worrying.

    I want an A in English.


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    Ashashi
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭Ashashi


    The Fool is a minor character, but plays a big role, if you get me. He is Lear's conscience through the play, if you are going to write about The Fool, you are essentially writing about Lear.


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    fufureida
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭fufureida


    Ashashi wrote: »
    The Fool is a minor character, but plays a big role, if you get me. He is Lear's conscience through the play, if you are going to write about The Fool, you are essentially writing about Lear.

    Exactly. If you guys want I can type up the main points and post em up at some point. But really, if you guys have work done on other themes and stuff you should be ok.

    I really want him to come up.


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    BarbiePink
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    @Fufureida .. Main points would be cool :)


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    Seloth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭Seloth


    The fool and lears journey!

    If Gon & Reg come up Im ****ed up the ass!!!


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    theowen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,744 ✭✭✭theowen


    He's never come up, not in like 30 years anyway! Why would he now.


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    Seloth
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    duh cause everyone saying he will :p :pac:


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    VARIEGATED GIRL
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    Seloth wrote: »
    The fool and lears journey!

    If Gon & Reg come up Im ****ed up the ass!!!

    Goneril and Regan, :eek: never even considered them... they will hardly come up??


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    theowen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,744 ✭✭✭theowen


    VARIEGATED GIRL wrote: »
    Goneril and Regan, :eek: never even considered them... they will hardly come up??
    They're hardly minor characters...

    Could be in a Q on sibling rivalry or good vs evil.


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    Liveit
    Registered Users Posts: 264 ✭✭Liveit


    fufureida wrote: »
    Exactly. If you guys want I can type up the main points and post em up at some point. But really, if you guys have work done on other themes and stuff you should be ok.

    I really want him to come up.

    Please do post them up :)


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    fufureida
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭fufureida


    Will do when i have time! Hope you guys will be able to decipher my writing... or would you guys prefer a sample answer that's in my book???


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    Orlaladuck
    Registered Users Posts: 307 ✭✭Orlaladuck


    Just remember a question on Cordelia has come up before - she's a key character but she's in it for much less time than the fool! So it is a possibility!


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    CantStandMeNow
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 119 ✭✭CantStandMeNow


    theowen wrote: »
    He's never come up, not in like 30 years anyway! Why would he now.

    That's not true he's come up twice. Once under style and once under a character question. It's basically the dramatic importance of his role. Why did Shakespeare include him etc. He's a tragic chorus, Lears consience and he provides relief from violent/serious scenes... Stuff like that.


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    MaggieNF
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭MaggieNF


    ya know goneril and regan are possible, you could get parralel between lears 3 daughters and gloucesters 2 sons, instead of like a parallell between lear and gloucester


    the other two i reckon could be possible is forces of good and evil, or filial ingratitude....possible. but then again anything is possible


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    Ashashi
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭Ashashi


    There's also the interesting idea that Lear has 2 evil daughters, and then there is Edmund, which could mean Edmund is as evil as the 2 daughters together kind of thing.

    Just thought of that there, probably means nothing but meh, gonna use it if it comes up :P


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    theowen
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    CantStandMeNow wrote: »
    That's not true he's come up twice. Once under style and once under a character question. It's basically the dramatic importance of his role. Why did Shakespeare include him etc. He's a tragic chorus, Lears consience and he provides relief from violent/serious scenes... Stuff like that.
    I meant by himself more so. Most people are implying he'd come up on his lonesome which would lead to many fails methinks:D


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    CantStandMeNow
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 119 ✭✭CantStandMeNow


    theowen wrote: »
    I meant by himself more so. Most people are implying he'd come up on his lonesome which would lead to many fails methinks:D

    Ah right! Yeah he won't come up on his own but his role is a definite possibility.. He could possibly come up with Cordelia too.


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