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King Lear: Nothing and the Fool
Mitchell Mahood
Raphael KohDaniel AllenDylan Seago
Meaghan Horsley
Seminar PresentationENG 4U5
Nothing’s a Fool
Overview
• Significance of "Nothing"o Act 1 - 2 by Mitchell Mahoodo Act 3 - 5 by Raphael Koh
• Significance of "Fool"o Act 1 by Daniel Alleno Act 2 - 3 by Dylan Seagoo Act 4 - 5 by Meaghan Horsley
SCRIPT
Sympathy/Pathos for a character Character DevelopmentRelationshipsImages/MotifsPlot/SettingThemes
Themes
• Justiceo "It is up to human beings to administer justice in the
world. "
• Authority VS Chaoso "Once authority is lost, chaos will reign. "
• Richnesso "You must be poor to be rich. "
• Appearance VS Realityo "Things are not what they appear to be."
The Significance of Nothing
A third more opulent than your sisters? Speak.
CORDELIA: Nothing, my lord.KING LEAR: Nothing!CORDELIA: Nothing.KING LEAR: Nothing will come of nothing: speak again.
(I.i.86)
• Character Development• Sympathy
Right noble Burgundy,When she was dear to us, we did hold her so;But now her price is fall'n. Sir, there she
stands:If aught within that little seeming substance,Or all of it, with our displeasure pieced,And nothing more, may fitly like your grace,She's there, and she is yours.
(I.i.200)
The Significance of Nothing
• Sympathy• Relationships
The Significance of NothingBURGUNDY:Royal Lear,Give but this portion which yourself proposed,And here I take Cordelia by the hand,Duchess of Burgundy.KING LEAR: Nothing: I have sworn; I am firm.
(I.i.241)
• Sympathy• Relationships
The Significance of NothingGLOUCESTER: Why so earnestly seek you to
put up that letter?EDMUND: I know no news, my lord.GLOUCESTER: What paper were you reading?EDMUND: Nothing, my lord.
(I.ii.28)
• Plot
The Significance of NothingNo? What needed, then, that terribledispatch of it into your pocket? the quality of
nothinghath not such need to hide itself. Let's see:
come, if itbe nothing, I shall not need spectacles.
(I.ii.32)
• Plot
The Significance of NothingWe have seen the best of our time: machina-tions, hollowness, treachery, and all ruinous
disorders,follow us disquietly to our graves. Find out thisvillain, Edmund; it shall lose thee nothing; do itcarefully. And the noble and true-hearted Kentbanished! his offence, honesty! 'Tis strange.
(I.ii.118)
• Plot
The Significance of NothingI am no honest man if there be any good
meaningtowards you: I have told you what I have seen
andheard; but faintly, nothing like the image and
horrorof it: pray you, away.
(I.ii.179)• Plot• Character Development
The Significance of NothingLeave thy drink and thy whore,And keep in-a-door,And thou shalt have moreThan two tens to a score.KENT: This is nothing, fool.Fool: Then 'tis like the breath of an unfee'd
lawyer;you gave me nothing for't. Can you make no
useof nothing, nuncle?Lear: Why no, boy. Nothing can be made of
nothing.(I.iv.137)
• Character Development
The Significance of NothingFool: I marvel what kin thou and thy daughters
are:they'll have me whipped for speaking true,
thou'lthave me whipped for lying; and sometimes I
amwhipped for holding my peace. I had rather be
anykind o' thing than a fool: and yet I would not be
thee,nuncle; thou hast pared thy wit o' both sides,
and leftnothing i' the middle: here comes one o' the
parings.(I.iv.189)
The Significance of NothingFool: Thou wast a pretty fellow when thou
hadst noneed to care for her frowning; now thou art an
Owithout a figure: I am better than thou art now;
I ama fool, thou art nothing.[To GONERIL.] Yes,
forsooth,I will hold my tongue; so your face bids me,
though
you say nothing. (I.iv.195)
The Significance of NothingHave you not spoken 'gainst the Duke of
Cornwall?He's coming hither; now, i' the night, i' the
haste,And Regan with him: have you nothing saidUpon his party 'gainst the Duke of Albany?Advise yourself.
(II.i.26)
The Significance of Nothing...super-serviceable finical rogue; one-trunk-
inheritingslave; one that wouldst be a bawd, in way of
goodservice, and art nothing but the composition of
aknave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son
and heir ofa mongrel bitch (II.ii.25)• Character
Development
The Significance of NothingKENT:Draw, you rogue: for, though it be night, yetthe moon shines; I'll make a sop o' the
moonshine ofyou: draw, you whoreson cullionly barber-
monger, draw.[Drawing his sword.]OSWALD: Away! I have nothing to do with
thee.(II.ii.35) • Plot
The Significance of NothingApproach, thou beacon to this under globe,That by thy comfortable beams I mayPeruse this letter! Nothing almost sees
miraclesBut misery: I know 'tis from Cordelia,Who hath most fortunately been inform'dOf my obscured course;
(II.ii.168)
• Theme - Richness
The Significance of NothingThat's something yet: Edgar I nothing am.
(II.iii.21)
• Character Development
• Sympathy
The Significance of NothingTears his white hair,Which the impetuous blasts, with eyeless
rage,Catch in their fury and make nothing of;Strives in his little world of man to out-
scornThe to-and-fro-conflicting wind and rain.
(III.i.9)
• Imagery• Sympathy• Symbolism - Chaos
The Significance of NothingNo, I will be the pattern of all patience;I will say nothing.
(III.ii.38)
• Character Development• Theme - Authority VS Chaos
The Significance of NothingGo to; say nothing.
(III.iii.8)
• Nothing = Everything• Plot - Foreshadowing• Relationship• Sympathy
The Significance of NothingLear: Couldst thou save nothing? Wouldst thou give ‘em
all?
Fool: Nay, he reserved a blanket, else we had been all shamed.
Lear: Now all the plagues that in the pendulous air
Hang o'er men's faults light on thy daughters!
Kent: He hath no daughters, sir.
Lear: Death, traitor; nothing could have subdued nature
To such lowness but his unkind daughters.
(III.iv.64)
• Plot – Dramatic Irony • Sympathy • Character Development • Motif - Madness
The Significance of NothingThe wretch that thou hast blown unto the
worst Owes nothing to thy blasts.
(IV.i.9)
• Character Development• Plot - Foreshadowing
The Significance of NothingY’are much deceived: in nothing am I
changedBut in my garments.
(IV.vi.9)
• Nothing = Everything• Plot - Dramatic Irony
The Significance of Nothing'There is nothing done, if he return the con-queror: then I am the prisoner, and his bed my jail; from the loathed warmth whereof deliver me,
and supply the place for your labour.’(IV.vi.269)
• Nothing = Everything• Plot
The Significance of NothingThere is my pledge: I‘ll make it on thy heart, Ere I taste bread, thou art in nothing less Than I have here proclaimed thee.
(V.iii.95)
• Plot• Theme - Justice
The Significance of Fool
we make guilty of our disastersthe sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were
villains bynecessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves,thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance;drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced
obedi-ence of planetary influence;
(I.ii.123).
• Fate/Freewill• Character• Sympathy
The Significance of Fool
A credulous father! and a brother noble,Whose nature is so far from doing harms,That he suspects none: on whose foolish honestyMy practices ride easy! I see the business.Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit:All with me's meet that I can fashion fit.
(I.ii.183)
• Motif - Betrayal• Plot
The Significance of Fool
Did my father strike my gentlemanfor chiding of his fool?
(I.iii.1)
• Relationship
The Significance of Fool
Idle old man,That still would manage those authoritiesThat he hath given away! Now, by my life,Old fools are babes again; and must be used With checks as flatteries,--when they are seen
abused.Remember what I tell you.
(I.iii.17)
• Relationship• Character
The Significance of Fool
Follow me; thou shalt serve me: if I like theeno worse after dinner, I will not part from thee yet.Dinner, ho, dinner! Where's my knave? my fool?Go you, and call my fool hither.
(I.iv.41)
• Plot - Reunited• Character - Impatience
The Significance of Fool
Thou but rememberest me of mine own con-ception: I have perceived a most faint neglect of
late;which I have rather blamed as mine own jealouscuriosity than as a very pretence and purpose of
un- kindness: I will look further into't. But where's myfool? I have not seen him this two days.
(I.iv.67)
• Relationship - Fool & Cordelia• Character - Flattery
The Significance of FoolFool: Mark it, nuncle:
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
KENT: This is nothing, fool.
(I.iv.119)
• Fool = Wise• Opposite
The Significance of Fool
Prithee, tell him, so much the rentof his land comes to: he will not believe a
fool.(I.iv.36)
• Character Development - Stubborn
The Significance of Fool
LEAR: A bitter fool! Fool: Dost thou know the difference, my
boy,between a bitter fool and a sweet fool?
(I.iv.139)
• Character Development - Criticism
• Relationship
The Significance of Fool
That lord that counsell'd theeTo give away thy land,Come place him here by me,Do thou for him stand:The sweet and bitter foolWill presently appear;The one in motley here,The other found out there.
(I.iv.142)
The Significance of Fool
KING LEAR: Dost thou call me fool, boy? Fool: All thy other titles thou hast given away;
thatthou wast born with.
(I.iv.150)
• Character - Criticism
The Significance of Fool
No, faith, lords and great men will not let me;
if I had a monopoly out, they would have part on't:
and ladies too, they will not let me have all fool
to myself; they'll be snatching. Give me anegg, nuncle, and I'll give thee two crowns.
(I.iv.154)
• Character - Foolish
The Significance of Fool
[Singing.]Fools had ne'er less wit in a year;For wise men are grown foppish,They know not how their wits to wear,Their manners are so apish.
(I.iv.167)
• Character - Foolish
The Significance of Fool
Then they for sudden joy did weep,And I for sorrow sung,That such a king should play bo-peep,And go the fools among.Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can
teachthy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.
(I.iv.176)
• Character - Foolish• Relationship - Loyalty
The Significance of Fool
I marvel what kin thou and thy daughters are:they'll have me whipped for speaking true, thou'lthave me whipped for lying; and sometimes I amwhipped for holding my peace. I had rather be anykind o' thing than a fool: and yet I would not be
thee,nuncle; thou hast pared thy wit o' both sides, and
leftnothing i' the middle: here comes one o' the
parings. (I.iv.183)
• Character - Ruthless
The Significance of Fool
Thou wast a pretty fellow when thou hadst noneed to care for her frowning; now thou art an Owithout a figure: I am better than thou art now; I
ama fool, thou art nothing.
(I.iv.192)
• Relationship - Swap• Character
The Significance of Fool
Not only, sir, this your all-licensed fool,But other of your insolent retinueDo hourly carp and quarrel; breaking
forthIn rank and not-to-be endured riots.
(I.iv.201)
• Relationship - Swap• Character
Nuncle Lear, nuncle Lear, tarry and take the fool with thee.
A fox, when one has caught her,And such a daughter,Should sure to the slaughter,If my cap would buy a halter:So the fool follows after.
(I.iv.318)
• Character - Loyalty
The Significance of Fool
The Significance of Fool
Yes, indeed: thou wouldst make a good fool.
(I.v.38)
• Character - Foresight
The Significance of Fool
Knowing nought, like dogs, but following.
A plague upon your epileptic visage! ━Smile you my speeches, as I were a fool?Goose, if I had you upon Sarum plain,I'd drive ye cackling home to Camelot.
(II.ii.74)• Character Development
The Significance of Fool
You see me here, you gods, a poor old man,
As full of grief as age; wretched in both!If it be you that stir these daughters'
heartsAgainst their father, fool me not so muchTo bear it tamely; touch me with noble
anger,And let not women's weapons, water-
drops,Stain my man's cheeks!
(II.iv.269)
• Character Development
The Significance of Fool
You think I'll weepNo, I'll not weep:I have full cause of weeping; but this
heartShall break into a hundred thousand
flaws,Or ere I'll weep. O fool, I shall go mad!
(II.iv.279)• Plot
The Significance of Fool
O nuncle, court holy-water in a dryhouse is better than this rain-water out o'
door.Good nuncle, in, and ask thy daughters'
blessing:here's a night pities neither wise man nor
fool.
(III.ii.10)• Relationship
The Significance of Fool
None but the fool; who labours to out-jest
His heart-struck injuries.(III.i.16)
• Fool = wise
The Significance of Fool
Marry, here's grace and a cod-piece; that's a
wise man and a fool.(III.ii.40)
• Fool = wise
The Significance of Fool
Let go thy hold when a great wheel runs
down a hill, lest it break thy neck with following it: but
the great one that goes up the hill, let him draw thee
after. When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give
me mine again: I would have none but knaves follow
it, since a fool gives it. (II.iv.66)
• Motif• Plot• Character
The Significance of Fool
• Character• Theme
That sir which serves and seeks for gain,And follows but for form,Will pack when it begins to rain,And leave thee in the storm,But I will tarry; the fool will stay,And let the wise man fly:The knave turns fool that runs away;The fool no knave, perdy.
(II.iv.76)
The Significance of Fool
KENT Where learned you this, fool?FOOL Not i' the stocks, fool.
(II.iv.84)
• Fool = wise
The Significance of Fool
• Climax• Sympathy
My wits begin to turn.Come on, my boy: how dost, my boy? art cold?I am cold myself. Where is this straw, my fellow?The art of our necessities is strange,That can make vile things precious. Come, your hovel.
Poor fool and knave, I have one part in my heartThat's sorry yet for thee.
(III.ii.67)
The Significance of Fool
This cold night will turn us all to fools and
madmen.(III.iv.77)
• Fools = wise• Plot
The Significance of Fool
How should this be?Bad is the trade that must play fool to
sorrow,Angering itself and others.
(IV,i,38)
• Theme - Appearances
The Significance of Fool
Oh the difference of man and man!To thee a woman's services are due.My fool usurps my body.
(IV,ii,29)
No more. The text is foolish.(IV,ii,38)
Fools do those villains pity who are punishedEre they have done their mischief.
(IV,ii,55)
The Significance of Fool
France spreads his banners in our noiseless land,
With plumed helm thy state begins to threat,
Whiles thou, a moral fool, sits still and cries,
"Alack, why does he so?"(IV,ii,59)
O vain fool!(IV,ii,62)
• Character Development
The Significance of Fool
When we are born, we cry that we are come
To this great stage of fools.(IV,vi,170)
• Theme – Appearance
The Significance of Fool
No rescue? What, a prisoner? I am even
The natural fool of fortune.(IV,vi,179)
• Imagery – Wheel of Fate
The Significance of Fool
Pray, do not mock me.I am a very foolish fond old man.
(IV,vii,58)
You must bear with me.Pray you now, forget and
forgive.I am old and foolish.
(IV,vii,85)
• Character development
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