Edmund King Lear

In Act five, King Lear states, “...for Gloucester’s bastard son was kinder to his father than my daughters [were to me]...” I completely disagree what King Lear is implying because Edmund was a worse child to his father, Gloucester, than Regan and Goneril to him. Edmund’s iniquitous behavior got him killed towards the end of the play King Lear by Shakespeare. His evil and wicked plans towards his father made him died. Edmund is the bastard son and his brother, Edgar, is the legitimate son of Gloucester. Edmund wanted to inherit the power and land when his father dies, but since he is a bastard, Edgar would get it all. What does Edmund do? Edmund makes an evil plan by tricking his own father and brother to inherit it all. “...I must have your land...Well, my legitimate, if this …show more content…
Planning a plan to have your brother and father killed is not right. For example, Edmund tricked Cornwall and Regan to gouge out Gloucester's eyes and be blind for life. This was all part of Edmund’s plan which is cruel. “...this seems a fair deserving, and must draw me that which my father loses -- no less than all. The younger rises when the old doth falls.” (KL, p.152) Toward the end of the book, Edgar finds out that he was abused for nothing. So, Edgar and Edmund duel and Edmund gets stabbed right in the stomach. “Th’ hast spoken right. ‘Tis true the wheel is come full circle; I am here” (KL, p.272)Edmund said before he dies. So all the things Edmund got to get to the top has now falling. The actions and trouble he caused will now be no point of it. All in all, Edmund would be the worst son and/or child to ever have. He confesses that he is fooling Gloucester and Edgar. Glocester thinks Edgar is going to kill him and Edgar thinks Glocester is going to kill him. Fooling your own family was cruel. All this evidence proves Edmund deserves to die and not inherit the power and