The Fool

MariaBabii

How likely is it for the Fool's character to appear on Paper 2 today??

Mwah

didn't your teacher tell you? the fool is deffo up.... the exam commission told all teachers...lol

callaway92

33% chance, alongside our growing respect for Lear, and also Sibling Rivalry

MariaBabii

callaway92 wrote: »

33% chance, alongside our growing respect for Lear, and also Sibling Rivalry

Thanks

Shanotheslayer

callaway92 wrote: »

33% chance, alongside our growing respect for Lear, and also Sibling Rivalry

So 1/3 chance for Sibling rivalry... I don't like those odds:/

johnmcdnl

there's nothing you can do to guess lear... just look at the question and write the whole summary of the story out and just keep talking about the question...

sibling rivalry - just tell the whole story but emphasise the sibling rivalry

etc etc etc - it's not too bad

Bob the Builder

I better start studying then well so.
Anyway, some tips for the fool i suppose:

The fool never appears on stage with Cordelia, so there's a hint there that the two characters may be the same actor in the play.

The fool appears only after Lear has banished Cordelia, so it could be argued that the fool becomes Lear's conscience thereafter.

The fool is one of the smartest characters in the play, and certainly the smartest of all the good characters, because he foresee's a lot more than even Kent does.

The fool is merely an object in the grand scheme of things. When the play starts coming to an end in Act V, the Fool more or less disappears, without question or thought.

Also, it can be argued that Shakespeare was approaching the taboo subject of poverty, foolishness, and showing that the characters who we think least of often have the most valuable qualities and talents.

Orlaladuck

Has everyone forgotten there's 2 questions on lear, not one :L

MariaBabii

When the Fool disappears he says 'I'll go to be at noon'. This is like a statement of despair and depression because he is seen Lear decline. Its also suggest that the Fool died of a broken heart, because his spirit is shattered by Lears tragic descent into madness. In a sense, Edgar, disguised as 'poor Tom' takes over the Fool's role. Like the Fool, poor Tom speaks a great deal of nonsense mixed with wit and wisdom.

ithoughtitwasap

Anyone else think that the fool is awful like the photographer character in Apocalypse Now?

Pineapple123

I go to the Institute...well I did...and we were given about 8 or 9 essays throughout the year, and our last one was one on the fool...our teacher said that the only reason he was giving it out was because another teacher in the school tried to freak out his students by saying that the fool was a definite...so they all went looking for sample answers!

Anywho...the fool won't be on the paper, we were told, the leaving cert don't ask difficult questions, and because of lack of quotes and what-not, the fool would be a difficult question...

gant0

If the fool comes up I can quarantee you the other question will be easy:D