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William Shakespeare used a unique device to explain how foolishness is an unavoidable part of everyday life. He employed many specific examples of foolishness in his comedy play titled Twelfth Night. Each of the characters he created were all foolish in one way ....

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.... His faults include a lack of wit, a tendency to be easily amused, and the opportunity to be manipulated by others to be accepted. His foolishness is revealed innocently, as he considers himself a gentleman. His attempts to flirt with Maria by showing how clever he is fail when Sir Toby advises him to accost, in other words, to woo her. Sir Andrew thinks "accost" is her name as he addresses her, "Good Mistress Mary Accost-" (I, III, 54). After his embarrassing introduction to Maria, Sir Andrew tries to salvage his dignity by laughing at himself as he says, "Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has. But ....