The Fool In A Midsummer's Night Dream By William Shakespeare

In many of Shakespeare's works, there is a reoccurring character that identifies as 'the fool'. The fool is a trademark, and has made an appearance in The Templet, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream, and countless others. In my personal opinion, I feel that the fool is present in his plays to represent that people who can be condescending, rude, and ignorant aren't as amazing as they see themselves, or as they tell others. The fool is always of a lower social class, yet always outsmarts the rich, or the people of a higher social class. As I was doing my research to write this essay, I stopped to think. Initially, I'd thought that this was only a thing of plays, and did not happen often in real life. But, after thinking, I realized that this happens quite often in real life. Perhaps in Shakespeare's plays, they are an extremely exaggerated example of what happens nowadays. Obviously, Shakespeare had no way of knowing the future, but I presume that he observed how people act around him, and turned them into plays.
After some extended research, I've discovered that it's human nature to make yourself look desirable, let's say. Even if it means lying for some …show more content…
An example that I've discovered is a children's book The Emperor's New Clothes. In the story, there's an emperor who loves expensive clothes, and showing them off to everyone else. One day, two clever peasants come in and try to sell him 'special' clothes. They tell him that these clothes were made out of an exotic and unique fabric that can only be seen by people who are true of heart. The Emperor (who didn't see the clothes) pretended to admire the 'clothes', and payed a great amount of money for them. He put on the non-existent clothes, and wore them in front of everyone in his town. I find that this is a perfect example, as it exhibits the same behavior from the condescending towards the