Shakespeare As a Dramatic Artist, a Popular Illustration of the Principles of Scientific Criticism
Shakespeare As a Dramatic Artist, a Popular Illustration of the Principles of Scientific Criticism
Moulton, Richard Green, 1849-1924
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A second notion underlying the institution of a jester is the connection to the ancient mind between madness and inspiration; the same INSTITUTION OF THE COURT FOOL, 219 Greek word entheos stands for both, and to this day the idiot Chap. X. of a Scotch village is believed in some way to see further than sane folk. A third idea to be kept in mind is the mediaeval conception of wit. With us wit is weighed by its intrinsic worth ; the old idea, appearing repeatedly in Shake- speare's scenes, was t...hat wit was a mental game, a sort of battledore and shuttlecock, in which the jokes themselves might be indifferent since the point of the game lay in keep- ing it up as smartly and as long as possible. The fool, whose title and motley dress suggested the absence of ordinary sense or propriety, combines in his office all three notions : from the last he was bound to keep up the fire of badinage, even though it were with witless nonsense ; from the second he was expected at times to give utterance to deep truths ; and in virtue of the first he had license to make hard hits under protection of the 'folly' which all were supposed to enjoy.
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