... revealed valuable secrets from within the depths of the harsh and malicious court system. Despite this advantage, his position on the Chain of Being, which rules the structured court, is still very low and his words are mainly considered as foolish as his title suggests. "The more pity that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly." This quote shows that at the beginning of the play Touchstone is portrayed as a person that is thought to talk foolishly however in reality is revealing many secrets that lie embedded in the harsh and malicious court life. However, when he leaves the court and follows the other members into the forest of Ardenne, he leaves this structured social order behind. Thus he begins a new life where he decides that the people he meets in the country are lower than him and proceeds to promote himself higher up the chain ...

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