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Information on the relationship between Kent and the Fool in King Lear

What I am trying to find is some insight as to why, in appearance, King Lear has placed so much confidence in a fool and an outcast?

I've done a brief search in "Shakespeare Quarterly" but have yet to find anything significant.

Please let me know if anyone has any ideas on the subject.

Thanks

Posted by Al Siffer on April 10, 1997 at 19:53:26

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