SOURCE: "The Tragi-Comic Dimensions of Lear's Fool," in Costerus: Essays in English and American Language and Literature, Vol. 5, 1972, pp. 197-226.
Below, Wood examines the Fool's function in King Lear, demonstrating the relation of the Fool to Lear's personal development.
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