Edmund Bertram

youngest daughter and is betrayed by his two oldest daughters. He causes a rivalry between sisters which eventually leads to their death. Gloucester has come to believe that his eldest son, Edgar betrayed him when it is his younger illegitimate son, Edmund who

Edson Mata King Lear Sometimes in life you give something away that makes you complete because of your beliefs and values. Life hits you with moments that snatch away your happiness in an instant and with you not even knowing. The play King Lear written by William Shakespeare shows how one of the protagonist, King Lear, gives away his kingdom to his three daughters in a very curious yet typical way it was done at the time. Shakespeare focuses on how the distribution of power and the greedy of others

and he learns that she never truly was the daughter that loved him the most. This was the first good thing to come from Goneril’s selfish actions. But she is not done yet. She follows on to cheat on her husband with Edmund. This was a very selfishly entitled move for Goneril. Edmund wasn’t even committed to her. He had promised his love to both sisters, Goneril and Regan. The two sisters quickly become jealous of each other, and Goneril will soon go to extreme measure to get what she

individual being rich or poor, moral or immoral or good-hearted, they are all impacted. In King Lear, individuals such as Gloucester, Edgar and Lear all suffer. Gloucester suffers due to his flaw of gullibility which causes him to misjudge Edgar and trust Edmund. Lear suffers psychologically due to the poor mistreatment by his malicious daughters. His inability to cope with his daughters shocking behavior leads to hate and anger resulting in his “wits to turn” (King Lear III ii 73). Lear’s resentment towards

children and servants. Shakespeare comments on the idea that characters are either loyal or unloyal, and show a sense of loyalty or disloyalty. A false sense of loyalty was created between Edmund and Gloucester. Even after Edgar knew this, he still decided to be loyal, as it was the right option morally. Edmund had framed his brother, claiming Edgar was going to kill Gloucester. With Edmund's betrayal and false sense of loyalty, Gloucester believes his lies and goes against Edgar In reality, Edgar

William Shakespeare’s 1608 tragedy, King Lear¸ is full to the brim with references to the gods. However, what is the real purpose of these gods within the tragedy? Some may argue the fact that certain believers triumphed over nonbelievers as the foundation of divine intervention theory. Others will argue that although many of the characters held belief in the gods, they experienced the same fate as those who never spoke a word about them, which could be an indication of a lack of divine intervention

relationships, father-daughter or otherwise. The other parent child relationship gone wrong in this play is that of Edmund and his father. He is the bastard-son of Gloucester and wants everything that Edgar, the legitimate son, has. In the beginning of Act 2 he draws his sword on Edgar and tells him to pretend like he is protecting himself because he hears Gloucester coming. Edmund says: I hear my father

to invoke the stars above as a power against his once beloved daughter. Lear repudiates nature when he casts out Cordelia, his very own “natural” daughter, and yet attempts still to call upon it even though he contradicts it. Now although Lear and Edmund both share this view of the stars, they don’t perceive the natural in the same ways. Lear resembles the “divine king” or the “master of nature” as the early monarchs of those times saw themselves as did the people in the lower portions of the hierarchy

illegitimate son, Edmund, when he says to Kent "I have so often blushed to acknowledge him that now I am brazed to ‘t" (1.1.10-11). He then goes on to minimize his affection for his legitimate son, Edgar, by saying that he ". . . is no dearer in my account" (1.1.20-21). A father has two choices regarding a child conceived through an affair; he can either deny the child’s existence or accept the child into his family as one of his own. Gloucester lamely attempts both with Edmund. In addition, his

     Shakespeare uses subplots to dramatize the action of the play and give spark on the contrast for the themes in King Lear. Sub plots usually improve the effect of dramatic irony and suspense. The latter, which is used in King Lear, gives us the understanding of the emotions of the characters in the play. This follows the parallelism between Gloucester and King Lear.      In King Lear, the subplot of Gloucester corresponds to the major plot of