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Shakespearian play King Lear presents a very interesting character that is called just as “the fool”. Going back in time it’s possible to find the presence of this singular person in the Middle Ages, when the fool was responsible for entertaining the kings and the nobles of the kingdom. Contradicting the real meaning of his title, the fool was not exactly a fool or mad person, actually he used to be very smart. According to Asimov (1970), if the “poor fellow” just pretended to be mad but had a clear vision of