King Lear's Fool

In Shakespeare's King Lear one of the most significant characters is one of the most unlikely. This character is "The Fool", who contributes alot to the play through his hilarious wit. The fool through his expected character freely expresses his opinions without any form of redress. His opinions which would have had any other man beheaded in an instance are expected and accepted. The Fool's role, unbeknownst to the other characters in the play takes on the likeness of a preacher or critic, which everyone takes for jest. In his 'jest' he makes everyone think he is joking when in actuallity he is speaking out upon the injustices and other evils going on in the castle. Due to the Fool's wit many reader's have donned him as the sharpest and cleverest character in the play, King Lear; and I can't say that I don't agree.

King Lear(paperback) vs. King Lear(movie dramatization)

'King Lear', one of Shakespeare's greastest tragedies, is a play which is understood and therefore, appreciated much more when the use of both the paperback and the movie dramatization are employed. With the book alone one may not get the full meaning or jist of the conversations and actions going on in the play. On the other hand with the movie dramatization alone the flow of the conversation might be interrupted and understanding lost because of missing one or two words or lines. As we have recognized, standing alone these two elements have their various limitations, but together they cover each other's weaknesses and strengthen each other's strengths.