Fool

Fool, The Fool, or Fools may refer to:

  • A bouffon, a clown, a harlequin, a jester
  • Fool, The Fool, or Fools may also refer to:

    Theatre

  • Fool (stock character), in literature and folklore
  • Shakespearean fool, an archetypal character in numerous works by Shakespeare
  • Fools Guild, a social club of comedic performers
  • Games and Tarot

  • The Fool (Tarot card), a Tarot card
  • Literature

  • The Fool (Raffi novel), 1880
  • The Fool, by H. C. Bailey 1927
  • Fool (novel), a 2009 novel by Christopher Moore
  • Fools (play), a 1981 play by Neil Simon
  • The Fool (fictional character), a fictional character in The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
  • The Fool (play), a 1975 play by the English playwright Edward Bond
  • Food

  • Fruit fool, a dish made with cooked fruit
  • Ful medames (variant spelling)
  • Film

  • Fools (film), a 1970 American film
  • The Fool (1990 film), a 1990 British film
  • Fools (2003 film), a 2003 Indian film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao
  • The Fool (2014 film), a 2014 Russian film
  • Music

  • The Fool (design collective), a Dutch design collective and band influential in the psychedelic style of art in the 1960s
  • The Fool (Tarot card)

    The Fool or The Jester is one of the 78 cards in a Tarot deck; one of the 22 Trump cards that make up the Major Arcana. The Fool is unnumbered; sometimes represented as 0 (the first) or XXII (the last) Major Arcana in decks. It is used in divination as well as in game playing.

    Iconography

    The Fool is titled Le Mat in the Tarot of Marseilles, and Il Matto in most Italian language tarot decks. These archaic words mean "the madman" or "the beggar", and may be related to the word for 'checkmate' in relation to the original use of tarot cards for gaming purposes.

    In the earliest Tarot decks, the Fool is usually depicted as a beggar or a vagabond. In the Visconti-Sforza tarot deck, the Fool wears ragged clothes and stockings without shoes, and carries a stick on his back. He has what appear to be feathers in his hair. His unruly beard and feathers may relate to the tradition of the woodwose or wild man. Another early Italian image that relates to the tradition is the first (and lowest) of the series of the so-called "Tarocchi of Mantegna". This series of prints containing images of social roles, allegorical figures, and classical deities begins with "Misero", a depiction of a beggar leaning on a staff. A similar image is contained in the German Hofamterspiel; there the fool (German: Narr) is depicted as a barefoot man in robes, apparently with bells on his hood, playing a bagpipe.

    Jester

    A jester, court jester or fool was historically an entertainer during the medieval and Renaissance eras who was a member of the household of a nobleman employed to entertain him and his guests. A jester was also an itinerant performer who entertained common folk at fairs and markets. Jesters are also modern day entertainers who resemble their historical counterparts. Jesters in medieval times are often thought to have worn brightly coloured clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern and their modern counterparts usually mimic this costume. In medieval times jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal ones included songs, music, and storytelling; additional ones included acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes, and magic. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style and many jesters made contemporary jokes in word or song about people or events well known to their audiences.

    Etymology

    The modern use of the English word jester did not come into use until the mid-16th century during Tudor times. This modern term derives from the older form gestour, or jestour, originally from Anglo-Norman (French) meaning story-teller or minstrel. Other earlier terms included fol, disour, and bourder. These terms described entertainers who differed in their skills and performances but who all shared many similarities in their role as comedic performers for their audiences.

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    Fool

    by: Emanny

    Your touch, is the sweetest sin
    That I ever commit to
    You make it hard to forget you
    You, oh I
    I was cursed to be your flesh
    Met my ...i bleed a new high for you
    I like this curse, I like the pain
    And I love the hurt inside
    Makes me feel alive
    And I like it, and I love it, mhm
    And I need it, bring it on, on,
    [Chorus]
    I will be a fool
    I will be a fool for you
    If you let me fool with you
    I will be a fool for you
    If you let me fool with you
    And if you let your ocean spill
    I would gladly drink my fear
    Cause I'm a fool, a fool
    You're hot like fire, but you burn like a fire
    And my burning desire
    Draws me in like a moth to a flame
    I crave your affection, ah
    Just give me direction
    Good love let's make that connection
    And I like it, and I love it, mhm
    And I need it, bring it on, on,
    [Chorus]
    I will be a fool
    I will be a fool for you
    If you let me fool with you
    I will be a fool for you
    If you let me fool with you
    And if you let your ocean spill
    I would gladly drink my fear
    Cause I'm a fool, a fool
    You're the only one that makes me act up like this
    You're the only one that makes me act up like this
    You're the only one that makes me act up like this
    You're the only one that makes me act up like this
    [Chorus]
    I will be a fool
    I will be a fool for you
    If you let me fool with you
    I will be a fool for you
    If you let me fool with you
    And if you let your ocean spill
    I would gladly drink my fear
    Cause I'm a fool, a fool
    You're the only one that makes me act up like this
    You're the only one that makes me act up like this
    You're the only one that makes me act up like this




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