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But suddenly, in the third act the roles of Lear and the Fool change; it is the Fool that turns to Lear for help. He is weak and frightened and his jokes are not as accurate as they were before. He enters the hovel and what he sees inside scares him so much that he runs from it crying, <*>. Then, later he adds, <*>. The Fool becomes alter ego of Lear. Bradley calls the three men in the hovel (King Lear, the Fool and Edgar) insane, but he also emphasizes the fact that our Fool was a hero: <*>