Who is the Corporate Fool? Not much unlike the courtroom jesters‚ the Corporate Fool is one who operates within the corporate system‚ yet is not afraid to highlight the hubris‚ follies and myopia of the leaders of the organization. The Corporate Fool is the reality check to every over-confident leader‚ a solution to gun-point problems and a divergent lens for visionary leaders. However‚ just as the power that a single monarch once held‚ is sometimes dispersed amongst the top management of present-day
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A fool can be defined in many meanings. The word could mean "a silly person"‚ or "one who professionally counterfeits folly for the entertainment of others‚ a jester‚ clown" or "one who has little or no reason or intellect" or "one who is made to appear to be a fool" according to dictionary definition. In William Shakespeare’s comedy‚ Twelfth Night‚ Feste the clown is not the only fool who is subject to foolery as unconventional fools dominate the play. He and many other characters combine their
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characters in his play‚ but mostly in two: Viola and Feste. These masks are used throughout the play‚ but are eventually discarded at the end for the finale. This masking imagery is perfectly displayed by Feste‚ the jester. Realizing that his role in society is an acting jester‚ Feste is careful to conceal acting as a wise man and develops a mask to hide this character development. He successfully attempts to “conceal (himself) for what (he) is” because he knows that if the people realize his
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The “dark side of life” that William Shakespeare exposes in his play‚ Twelfth Night‚ is the danger in the individual’s willingness to abandon the intrinsic self as a means to better realize a goal. The characters Viola‚ Feste‚ and Malvolio‚ in assuming new persona’s‚ engage in a metaphysical betrayal in which they deny the reality of their nature. Viola’s choice to serve Duke Orsino as a page in hopes of finding her brother is by no means unethical‚ and her efforts are ultimately successful‚ but
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Just A Nightmare Carnivals are places that you go to have fun‚ but sometimes these fun places can turn into your worst nightmares. It all began on a night out with my family. We were just out at the mall and when we were coming back home‚ we passed by a carnival. The carnival looked incredible so my family and I decided to go to the carnival and have some fun as well. We went to the carnival and it looked better up close. There were people and lights everywhere‚ but the carnival still had a hollow
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Explain why the graveyard scene represents a shift in Hamlet’s psychological state of mind. The graveyard scene represents how Hamlet’s psychological state has developed throughout the course of the play. He reflects upon various dilemmas which he has previously encountered before undertaking a renewed outlook in relation to life and death. He contemplates the corruption of death which is paralleled to that of which took place in the opening Act‚ concerning the death of his father. He further
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wittily confuse the other characters but ultimately keep the play moving. According to The New Oxford American Dictionary the word fool can mean 1. “A silly person”; 2. “one who professionally counterfeits folly for the entertainment of others‚ a jester or clown”; 3. “one who has little or no reason or intellect”; 4. “one who is made to appear to be a fool”. Feste can relate more to the second definition of a fool. A fool is normally one who acts to entertain others and is usually on stage and become
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Since he is a fool‚ we expect him to be illiterate‚ certainly not very perspicacious‚ but on the contrary‚ he turns out to be the most intelligent character of the play. This is shown by his developed sense of repartee hidden through his role of jester. For example‚ in the last scene of the first Act‚ Maria criticizes Feste of having no real bravery‚ as he pretends to have‚ compared with soldiers. He answers that everyone should do what he is good at («And
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Question: Explore and debate the function of the Fool Feste within this dramatic comedy. To what extent does he offer honest insight to both the characters and the audience? Feste does offer honest insight to both the characters and the audience because he is a very perceptive character who can see people for who they really are. In Act One‚ Scene Five‚ Feste gives an insight to what is happening between Sir Toby and Maria; “if Sir Toby would leave drinking‚ thou wert as witty as a piece of Eve’s
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article analysis is a critique on the elements of folly and foolery in Shakespeare’s twelfth night. As defined in the critique‚ a fool can be “a silly or foolish person” or “one who professionally counterfeits folly for the entertainment of others‚ a jester‚ a clown”. In the analysis of the subject in twelfth night‚ the writer highlights that although Feste is the only professional fool in the play‚ many others are also subject to foolery. He then goes on to discuss the importance of Feste as a figure
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