Graduation Year
2015
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
Reader 1
Marissa Nicosia
Reader 2
John Peavoy
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Abstract
This thesis explores the complexities to be found in the characters of Lear's Fool from King Lear and Feste from Twelfth Night. It begins with an investigation of the history behind the taxonomy of fools that William Shakespeare created in his works. The rest of the thesis is devoted to examining the many facets of the two aforementioned fools, with the goal of discovering just how important and influential they are to their respective plots and to the world of literature. Finally, there is a brief coda that explores the other striking similarities that the two plays have in common.
Recommended Citation
Brudevold, Siri M., "The Wisdom in Folly: An Examination of William Shakespeare's Fools in Twelfth Night and King Lear" (2015). Scripps Senior Theses. 681.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/681
