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Sebastian Crichton King Lear and the Fool There is much to be said of Lear and The Fool. I believe that The Fool in King Lear serves as an unbiased advisor, providing Lear with many lessons that a more powerful being would not have attempted, due to fear of the king's wrath. The Fool had the ability to be totally honest with Lear, fore he had no rank or status to be stripped of. I …

…comes without a dramatic impact with reality. An experience of severe loss and suffering leads Lear to recognize the need for change (through his dismal by his eldest daughters, and by the death of his youngest most beloved child.) In a large sense, Lear is the fool, stumbling over himself and his own actions, leaving the audience without the laughter a fool brings, but instead we watch in pity for a poor old foolish man.