Edmund

The human condition questions human morality, the capacity to communicate deceit and the capacity to feel which is manifested in the perception of authentic or deceptive relationships, reflection and realisation and the altering of an individual’s identity. Shakespeare’s King Lear explores the human condition through characters of the play which give insight of the aspects of humanity. Shakespeare’s universality of concepts of deceit, realisation and identity provides relevance to the modern era…

Shakespeare’s King Lear was a five act tragedy. The story of King Lear was first published in 1608. (William, 2000) King Lear was a Shakespearean play, as well as a story. Because religion played a major role in Shakespeare’s life and during this time period he used Christ like metaphors in his writings including King Lear. (William, 2000) This story was a very accustomed tale in Elizabethan England, where it was believed to be based off of historical facts from British history. (Metzger, 2000)…

play is unnatural due to the sense of entitlement each character demands upon the other. The lies told by various characters throughout the play, creates this sense of entitlement. The main suspects of this are King Lear, his daughter Goneril, and Edmund, who is the illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester. Each player demands things based on a pre-determined sense of entitlement towards their father, or in the case of King Lear, his daughters. In Shakespeare’s King Lear, it can be argued that…

When faced with life’s circumstances, one is often told to “man up” because being a man is associated with having courage, wisdom, and responsibility. The essential man, however, is a man who possesses all the fundamental qualities necessary for survival which include consciousness, awareness, and self-realization. King Lear is a play that talks about the transformation of King Lear from a spoiled, childish, and stubborn king to a man that is wise and warm hearted. All that change was resulted…

Shakespeare’s play, King Lear incorporates the status of different relationships throughout the play. Subsequently, many situations revolve around Lear’s naïve thinking of his relationships with his daughters and his kingdom. When ruling a kingdom, loyalty is expected from everyone under the leader’s rule especially by their family and friends. Shakespeare describes how easy it was for his characters to misunderstand what true and honest servitude, love, and loyalty are, due to their arrogance…

that it was Edgar who loved him and Edmund that was the evil one. At one point in the beginning of the play, Gloucester even states that “though this knave came something saucily into the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair; there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged (Line 19-22).” Here lies in the fault that Gloucester causes his illegitimate son to become evil. It is the negligence and lack of respect in Edmund that causes him to go rampant and…

Edmund betrayed his father by making him believe Edgar had planned to murder him. This led to Edgar being exiled and Gloucester being blinded. Shakespeare used irony in this family relationship to portray their identities. Gloucester was blind to Edmund’s treachery and did not truly see his actions until he was actually blinded. Yet, Edmund still had love for his father and brother. When Edmund stated, “Where, if you violently proceed against him…

(Bevington, 2014)King Lear and elderly King of Britain decides to step down from the throne and wanting to divide his kingdom between his three daughters. Before he divided the kingdom among the three daughters, he required them to show their love for him in words. Lear waits with a prideful heart and expecting to hear kind words from his daughters it was far from what he expected. Two of King Leer’s daughters Goneril and Regan manipulates him speaking highly of him and makes him proud. His…

William Shakespeare, one of the most famous and well-credited playwrights in the world, uses clever and intricate methods to convey his lessons. Specifically, his use of parallels is particularly skillful. In King Lear, Shakespeare reinforces and extends the theme of loyalty by creating a sub-plot that parallels the main plot. This is evident through the character development of Lear and the Earl of Gloucester, as well as the actions of their children. Lear and Gloucester parallel each…

Although blindness is defined as not having sight, Shakespeare, through King Lear, allows us to see that being blind is just a mental flaw as it physically. Shakespeare through King Lear, Gloucester and Albany shows us the portray ignorance and willful denial that each character petrays. The people that surround King Lear, Gloucester and Albany aren’t exactly as what they appear, but instead of choosing to see the truth they decide to see the image on the outside instead of the inside. The…