Jester

Language and The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontillado was a short story written in 1846, by Edgar Allen Poe. In this story we follow two men named Fortunado and Montesor. Montesor is out to seek revenge on his “good” friend Fortunado, a very prideful man, as he has made him look like a fool one too many times. Montesor takes his friend down the catacombs deep beneath the city to show him a cask of wine he has obtained, as wine is Fortunado’s weak point. We soon find out this is going…

Some say it is hard to find your true self. That one can only find sanity after they have gone insane. In Shakespeare’s King Lear many of the characters, Lear included, find they fall into insanity due to circumstances that were unjust. The only way for Lear to realize who he truly was, was for him to enter a state of insanity, and emerge from it with knowledge of self. Madness is a state of severe mental illness, a behavior or thinking that is very foolish or dangerous, according to Webster.…

In I Henry IV, Act 3. Scene 2, Henry compares Prince Hal’s behavior to his understanding of Richard’s. As Prince Hal has been misbehaving and not showing qualities of a royal, King Henry IV believes that Prince Hal is acting as Richard did when he was king. Obviously, Henry and Richard had a very bad relationship, I would still say that Henry constructed a precise description of Richard and has many reasons to confront Prince Hal about his actions. Henry has no respect for the actions of Richard…

The social ritual of carnival takes place in a liminal space. Liminality is a space between boundaries. It is a constantly undefined space that allows for any social interaction that takes place within these spaces to be without the restrictions of defined societal restrictions. The majority of the complex discourses the characters have occur within these undefined spaces. For instance, in Crime and Punishment, discourse demonstrates key liminal spaces such as the stairs, bridges, and even…

The image is foreboding: The malicious predator lurks in the shadows, stalking his victim obsessively in the midst of a vibrant and joyous celebration. The drunk victim is helplessly oblivious to the danger that approaches him openly, allowing his killer to lure him from the festivities of life and light, into a dark ceremony of his own death. Returning from the darkness, the murderer feels no remorse. Throughout this short story, “The Cask Of Amontillado,” Author Edgar Allen Poe creates a…

one of the children, Arran Harper, who I thought was the main character, got severely wounded. It got terribly infected that he actually died very early in the story, leaving Maxie, his second in command, the new leader. When a boy by the name of Jester arrives to their fort, he says he was sent by his leader David King that Buckingham Palace is a place of paradise and they have pictures to prove that. The children are having trouble finding food in the area they are living in, so they decided…

Demetrius. Demetrius is in love with Hermia as well but with the help from a magical fairy falls in love with Helena,much to her liking because she is in love with him, by the end of the play. The most prominent role in the play is a fairy named Puck; Jester to Oberon the fairy king. Puck is a mischievous, comical elf-like character that is sent out throughout the play by King Oberon to tie up loose ends with the young Athenian lovers. Puck uses his magical powers with a flower love potion to…

and events that unfolded, have crafted me into a foolish, leading, and a compassionate person. The fool represents the excitement and joyful in my life. This archetype really captures what I am on the outside to other people. “The goal of the Fool/Jester is perhaps the wisest goal of all, which is just to enjoy life as it is, with all its paradoxes and dilemmas.” I would always try to live my life to the fullest and not think about all the duties and responsibilities in the real life. I would…

of the anarchist's shoes by asking if the anarchist were a tri-ped. All this use of humour, irony and satire culminate to successfully reveal the institutional corruption in the police force, touching on the ‘emperor's new clothes’ idea that only a jester like character can reveal falsehoods. This ties into other pieces of literature, like Catch-22 – which is often hailed as one of the best piece of satirical literature. For an example from Catch-22, Yossarian is naked, protesting the death of…

culture. Such philosophical ideas that are implemented in the East Asian culture is the concept of facework. In the East Asian cultural setting, countries like South Korea, Japan and China follow a concept that is the basis of respectful and mindful jesters in everyday life. The concept is called Facework, and has a certain degree of representing themselves in every interaction in their lives. The types of facework include their…