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Fool Monologue from King Lear

From King Lear by William Shakespeare

male · sarcastic · 52 sec

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Why, after I have cut the egg i’ the middle and eat up the meat, the two crowns of the egg. When thou clovest thy crown i’ the middle and gav’st away both parts, thou bor’st thine ass on thy back o’er the dirt: thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou gav’st thy golden one away. If I speak like myself in this, let him be whipped that first finds it so. (Singing.) Fools had ne’er less grace in a year; For wise men are grown foppish, And know not how their wits to wear, Their manners are so apish.

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The Fool uses a metaphor about eggs and crowns to critique King Lear's foolish decisions, highlighting the absurdity of wisdom lost and the folly of power.

30s · confusion · madness · identity · power · foolishness

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