As Pat Rogers notes, Henry Fielding, in book I, chapter 14 of Joseph Andrews (1742), invokes William Hogarth (1697–1764) to create a character sketch of Mrs. The public appreciated sketches for their humor and readable style. However, the character sketch didn't become popular amongst the literate public until the late-seventeenth century. The first English writer to delve into the form, Joseph Hall, published his book Characters of Virtues and Vices in 1608. The killing of the minister does not rouse any sympathy for he was a dumb character who was responsible for his own death.Rough-and-ready rendering of individual character.It was the minister’s idea to find a fat man who fitted the stake so that the order of execution could be put through.He would be as irrational as the king himself. The king consulted him on different matters but the minister could never give any sane advice.The King’s foolishness was rivalled only by his minister who was equal partner in the foolish orders passed by the king.His gullible disposition led him to believe every word uttered by the guru and ended up getting executed by his own men.He could not see that the guru was flattering him to rescue his disciple. The king did not have any sound sense of judgement about people either.Assuring the thief’s brother that justice would be done and terming the thief’s death as murder indicate his lack of knowledge about justice. Turning day into night and ordering execution of those who disobeyed are examples of his silliness.His orders were foolish and his ideas stupid. He could go to any length in order to be different from others. The king was a fool who owned a beautiful kingdom.
This character also brings a smile to the reader by the manner in which he grows fat after eating bananas, rice, wheat and ghee.He had faith in his guru’s powers that is why he first recalled him in his thoughts and then behaved according to the plan devised by him.His greed almost cost him his life but he quickly regained sense. He did not pay heed to his guru’s warning and stayed back.However, once he could not resist the temptation of good and cheap food available in the Kingdom of Fools. He followed his guru everywhere and listened to him. The disciple was a simple but greedy fellow.He earns readers’ appreciation for his intelligence and presence of mind.Instead, he flattered the king with false praise and obtained the freedom of both his disciple and the kingdom. He did not try to reason with the king regarding the innocence of his disciple.He also knew that a foolish person should be tackled wisely. He did not get tempted like his disciple did by the one duddu price for everything in that kingdom.Knowing that the behaviour of foolish people is unpredictable, he decided to leave the city immediately. He was quick to judge that his disciple and he were in the Kingdom of Fools. The guru was a very wise man who never succumbed to any temptation.
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