The fool in the Shakespearean play, "King Lear" portrays the fool as a foolish man who speaks wise words/lyrics. Due to the fact that everyone thinks him to be a fool and dull in mind everyone takes advantage of the fact that he has eyes and ears. I say that to say this: no one would ever suspect a fool, or have any regard to his presence because he poses no threat.
He has the opportunity to do as he likes, and speak to the king as he wants without getting a death sentence. He is perhaps the only person who can do so; for as we earlier saw in the opening scenes when Kent tried to reason with the enraged king his reward was banishment from the kingdom.
This fool has a quick and witty mind as seen in the Act:1, Scene:4; where he uses symbols and metaphors to illustrate his meaning. For example, the part where he mentions the king giving away his crown to his two ddaughters and is now left with nothing, he uses an egg to allude to it. He speaks in rhyme and sings tunes with hidden meanings. When reading what he says, the reader has to read between the lines and decipher the true meaning of his words, which usually foreshadows or alludes to something in the plot. He, in a way, is the narrator of the play.
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