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1. Clowns and fools in William Shakespeare’s Work. X 2 Nidhi Jethava

2. Prepared by : Nidhi Jethava Batch : 20-22 MKBU English Department Paper No. : 105 Roll Number : 14 Enrollment : 3069206420200009 Email Id : [email protected]

3. Introduction : 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 household, to act as entertainers. They were male, as were the actors, and would wear flamboyant clothing and carry a ‘ bauble’ or carved stick, to use in their jokes. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

4. Two Distinct types of fool. First those that were wise and intelligent Second those that were ‘ natural fools . He has apparently been there for some time, as he was a "fool that the Lady Olivia's father took much delight in" . This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

5. Some well-known fools of William Shakespeare . Touchstone Feste Lear’s fool Lance Bottom Dogberry Porter

6. Touchstone From ‘ As You Like It ‘, who was Shakespeare’s first use of a fool . Touchstone is the court jester of Duke Frederick the usurper's court.

7. Feast From Twelfth Night He is attached to the household of the  Countess Olivia . He has apparently been there for some time, as he was a "fool that the Lady Olivia's father took much delight in" (2.4).

8. Lear’s Fool From King Lear The  Fool  is  Lear's  own stand-up comedian, sure, but more interestingly, he's the only guy that  Lear  allows to criticize him. (Remember, when Kent lips off,  Lear  boots him out of the kingdom and when  Lear  doesn't like what Cordelia has to say,  Lear  disowns her altogether.) Fawcett, Kirstin. "A Scholarly Look at Shakespeare's Clowns and Fools ." OUPBLOG (2016).

9. Lance From ‘ Two Gentleman of Verona ‘ Launce  is Proteus’s servant.  Not the brightest, he occasionally mixes up his big words. 

10. Bottom From ‘ A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Bottom  the weaver is a take-charge sort of fellow, and a great stage ham who wishes to play all the parts he can in Quince’s play. 

11. Dogberry From ‘ Much Ado About Nothing’ The constable in charge of the Watch, or chief policeman, of Messina. Dogberry is very sincere and takes his job seriously, but he has a habit of using exactly the wrong word to convey his meaning. 

12. Porter

13. Articles concern with It . Winterman , Denis. "Shakespearean fools : Their modern equivalents." BBC NEWS April 2012 " Shakespearean Clowns that Won Our hearts ." ETIMES (2020): 06.

14. Brudevold , Siri. "An Examination of William Shakespeare's Fools in Twelfth Night and King Lear." Scholarship @Claremont (2015): 72 The fool, in life and in literature, is an ending character. Shakespeare created a canon of fool characters as diverse in personality as they are in purpose.

15. Citation Bibliography Brudevold , Siri. "An Examination of Wiiliam Shakespeare's Fools in Twelfth Night and King Lear." Scholarship @Claremont (2015): 72. Eric Rasmussen, Ian DeJong. "Shakespeare's fools." British Library (2016). Fawcett, Kirstin. "A Scholarly Look at Shakespeare's Clowns and Fools ." OUPBLOG (2016). Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." Shakespeare, William. Macbeth . Dr. Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Westine , 1623. "Shakespearean Clowns that Won Our hearts ." ETIMES (2020): 06. Winterman , Denis. "Shakespearean fools : Their modern equivalents." BBC NEWS April 2012.

16. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY