Comment on the fool's speeches in 2:3

'ha ha...wooden nether-stocks.' - He is cruel. He makes reference to tying horses by the head dogs and bears by the neck, all difficult jobs. He makes reference to them to exaggerate how cruel. At this point he is in character, randomly making comments and giving opinion.

'Winter's not gone yet...canst tell in a year.' -He establishes that it is the natural order of things just like the birds who fly a certain direction in winter, that man does not receive genuine love. Within this speech he advises with words of wisdom in poetry which indicates even to the audience that the speech upcoming is of immense importance. It speaks of how a man is loved only for material things and those who have much fortune are never willing to help the poor. Then he refers it to the predicament of the King, how his daughetrs have begun to treat him.

'And thou hadst been set...deserv'd it.' - He says that the question asked by Kent has an obvious answer and the question should not even have bothered to have been asked. Because the answer was so obvious, that makes the question silly and therefore, like the fool, he should have been puchished.

'We'll set thee to school...the fool no knave perdy.' - He speaks almost sensibly here, with some exaggeration. Blunt; he uses ants as an example to start his point. This speech emphasizes the nature of mankind. When people see that someone is going downhill, they neglect them. There are other opportunites available which would land them in a better place, people forget about loyalty because self comes first. The fool, however is just not like that, and he intends to stick with the King, through his trials.

'Cry it to nuncle as the ...buttered his hay.' - He uses sarcasm encouraging the King to cry to his heart just as other foolish persons did after their silly actions. Here he emphasizes another element of mankind's mindset. People do foolish things for the wrong reasons simply because they do not understand the full extent of their actions. Only foolish results occur and the purpose is never reached.