1. function of fool
When he realizes this, the Fool tells Lear: "I am better than thou art now. I am a fool, thou art nothing." ... (I, iii, 1.) ... (I, i, 178) This favoritism parallels that of Lear and his daughters, as though Goneril and Regan are Kent, and the fool Cordelia. ... At the culmination of the play, Lear realizes he must forget this kingly preoccupation and accepts his daughter Cordelia: "I am a very foolish, fond old man as I am a man, I think this lady to be my child Cordelia." ...
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