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The Fool in Shakespeare's Plays
Clown characters in some Shakespeare plays are:
Jesters...
The Fool in Shakespeare's Plays
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1
Jesters...
were entertainers.
were stupid and unreliable.
were considered trusted companions.
could influence important decisions.
2
Clown characters in some Shakespeare plays are:
Yorick in Hamlet
gravediggers in Hamlet
the constable and his man in Much Ado About Nothing
Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream
3
The fool doth think he is wise,
but the wise men thinks he is a fool.
and claims to be the king.
but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
but he is not.
4
Jesters were never killed.
False
True
5
The jester's privilege means that...
He can fart in front of the king or emperor.
He can ran around naked.
He can say offensive things.
He can tell the truth.
6
Who said this? !"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."
Touchstone, As You Like It
Feste, Twelfth Night
Trinculo, Tempest
The Fool, King Lear
7
The convention in Elizabethan drama is that the fool is the most insightful and intelligent man in the
play.
False
True
8
A clown character...
is uneducated, rustic
brings comedy through his ignorance
uses malapropisms.
is wise
9
Court jesters were an European phenomenon.
True
False
10
The fool is a technical term in Shakespeare's plays.
True
False
11
A malapropism is...
the use of mala beads
the use of an incorrect word in place of a similar-sounding word
humorous
the use of props
12
The fool in Shakespeare's plays is a clown.
False
True
13
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest.
quotation from The Tempest
quotation from Machbeth
quotation from A Midsummer Night's Dream
quotation from King Lear
14
The functions of the fool in Elizabethan drama are:
He more often than not has a damatic role in the play.
He has licence to speak truth
He is usually the wisest character in the play
He is foolish
15
Which are names of fools in Shakespeare's plays?
Touchstone
Feste
Yorick
Trinculo
16
The Fool, also known as the jester, helps the audience think outside of the play.
True
False
17
Mathurine was a female jester.
False
True
