Feste, The Decisive Fool of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

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The humor lies in this truthfulness. In one example he proves Olivia to be a true fool by asking her what she was mourning about. While the answer is obviously the death of her beloved brother, the point Feste tried to make was why was Olivia mourning for a person whose soul is in heaven? ”Feste: Good madonna, why mourn'st thou? Olivia: Good Fool, for my brother's death...
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The humor lies in this truthfulness. In one example he proves Olivia to be a true fool by asking her what she was mourning about. While the answer is obviously the death of her beloved brother, the point Feste tried to make was why was Olivia mourning for a person whose soul is in heaven? ”Feste: Good madonna, why mourn'st thou? Olivia: Good Fool, for my brother's death...
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