'The Truth About Foolishness' in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Date Submitted: 07/09/2004 00:29:58
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 3 pages (957 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 3 pages (957 words)
'The Truth About Foolishness' in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
William Shakespeare used a unique device to explain how foolishness is an unavoidable part of
everyday life. He employed many specific examples of foolishness in his comedy play titled
Twelfth Night. Each of the characters he created were all foolish in one way or another. Not
only do the characters entertain the audience, but also educate the audience as they portray
mankind avoiding obvious truth.
Shakespeare takes …
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…arrogance, and deceit.
He illustrates the importance of being truthful with ourselves and others. Finally he suggests that
laughter can overcome foolishness.
William Shakespeare explained the truth about foolishness, and the danger of taking yourself
too seriously. As Feste notes, 'Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines
everywhere' (III,I, 40-1). Nobody is exempt from looking foolish at some time or other. Learn
to laugh at yourself, before others do.
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