King Lear – Fool Quotes

Showing the king’s foolishness “If i gave them all my living surely I’d keep my coxcomb”
The King’s decline “Lear’s shadow”
Theme of nothing “Can you make no use of nothing, nuncle?”
Consequences of giving away his kingdom “Thou hast made thy daughters thy mothers”
Fool’s opinion on the storm “here’s a night pities neither wise men nor fools”
Lear’s relationship with the Fool “How dost my boy? Art thou cold?”
Lear’s status after the kingdom division “I am a fool, thou art nothing.”
Fool’s opinion on fortune “fortune you arrant wh*re, ne’er gives anything to the poor”
Commenting on Lear’s foolishness “I’d have thee beaten for being old before thy time”
Consequences of kingdom division “all thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with”
Lear’s sexuality “the cod piece that will house before thy head has any”
July 11, 2019