The 'Fool' as character in Renaissance Literature

The fool, who forms the basis of the comic deed and the comic character of the play,obviously displays the human?s discordance of existence, his failure and lower abilities, theirtragical and unlucky destiny, and their inner will. The fool, plays against to nonsensecontrasts, he depicts the freewill, entertains, makes people to think, even force to think, raisesa bitter satire. The fool comes front with his sharp wit, his ability to deliver speech, hisrestless disposition and his ability of solving the complicated situations.Foolery is a philosophy and also a profession. The fool, who wears arrayed andimposing motley, a special clothe, is a professional fool. There are a lot of inner conflict within them due to the distinction between the profession and philosophy. The fool profession isto form amusement. His philosophy wants from him to say the actual and vanish the myths. Ifa fool knows the fact that he is the artificial fool and knows that with his cunning wit, he ispretending as a natural fool and with this power he could be able to say the truth, he will beregarded as a witty fool. Whereas, if a fool accepts the truth that he is under the constructionof a king, he would be away from being the actual fool and be only a servant. Therefore, afool has to make to fool the others otherwise he won?t be the fool himself.Key Words: Cervantes, Erasmus, Fool, Renaissance, Theatre, William Shakespeare