In the novel, Edmund shows both greed and dutifulness as a way of showing duplicity of both society as a whole and man in particular. Edmund is a bastard to Gloucester, a duke of England. He has a step-brother, Edgar, who is a son of Gloucester by law, despite not actually being his biological offspring. Edmund shows his inner greed through his famous speech: (add quote, "Thy nature art my goddess")
This quote clearly shows Edmund desiring his brother's holdings, lusting after them with a passion. He feels like it is deservedly his, as he holds the natural claim to the land. His brother is a pretender in his opinion, citing laws that fail to govern someone such as Edmund, only the indisputable laws of Nature have a hold over him, where only the …show more content…
Edmund forsakes the traditional values of honesty and respect for his father in favor of the more recent developments of greed and avarice. All of this ties in to the deep duality that Shakespeare attempts to highlight in Edmund, to showcase man and society's own duplicitous nature. (Ending feels awkward, mix up sentence structure)
Kent, in "King Lear" by William Shakespeare, is used to show the true nature of loyalty, and its difference from both blind obedience and brutal honesty, the two extremes that Kent covers in the first act of this play. Kent is a servant to King Lear, sworn to serve him until his dying breath. At the beginning of the play, Kent displays pure obedience to King Lear, listening to him unconditionally and sharing his burdens, including the division of his kingdom to his daughters, despite his implied misgivings to the idea. Kent's relationship to King Lear is clearly shown in his comment, "(add quote from page 12, "Royal Lear")". The affection Kent shows for his master is clearly very real and passionate, enough for him to hold his mouth while he watched the King's kingdom be given away to
This quote clearly shows Edmund desiring his brother's holdings, lusting after them with a passion. He feels like it is deservedly his, as he holds the natural claim to the land. His brother is a pretender in his opinion, citing laws that fail to govern someone such as Edmund, only the indisputable laws of Nature have a hold over him, where only the …show more content…
Edmund forsakes the traditional values of honesty and respect for his father in favor of the more recent developments of greed and avarice. All of this ties in to the deep duality that Shakespeare attempts to highlight in Edmund, to showcase man and society's own duplicitous nature. (Ending feels awkward, mix up sentence structure)
Kent, in "King Lear" by William Shakespeare, is used to show the true nature of loyalty, and its difference from both blind obedience and brutal honesty, the two extremes that Kent covers in the first act of this play. Kent is a servant to King Lear, sworn to serve him until his dying breath. At the beginning of the play, Kent displays pure obedience to King Lear, listening to him unconditionally and sharing his burdens, including the division of his kingdom to his daughters, despite his implied misgivings to the idea. Kent's relationship to King Lear is clearly shown in his comment, "(add quote from page 12, "Royal Lear")". The affection Kent shows for his master is clearly very real and passionate, enough for him to hold his mouth while he watched the King's kingdom be given away to