Gloucester

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…

The final climax of King Lear’s madness is in Act 4. Scene 6, when Lear meets Gloucester and Edgar. Gloucester and Edgar are introduced to Lear’s madness right when he arrives, attempting to fight a mouse. Gloucester and Edgar watch on as Lear dances around shouting, however, Shakespeare juxtaposes this with one of Lear’s wisest soliloquies. Lear describes his upbringing and how throughout his whole…

Perfect Storm On a dreary September morning in Gloucester Massachusetts, a crew of diverse, hardened fishermen boarded the sword fishing vessel Andrea Gail. September in the northeast is a favorable time to swordfish and Captain Billy Tyne is eyeing the conditions of one of the most rewarding sword fishing spots of the east, the grand banks. Sword fishing is a multi-million dollar industry in the north east, and for such a poor area like Gloucester, it draws men from all over to participate. The…

clear, and the morals are Christian, while "Hamlet" is intentionally the opposite. Edgar hints that he is not crazy, Cordelia’s death looks like a suicide, and Kent assumes disguise to parallel Hamlet and Ophelia’s insanity. In addition, Lear and Gloucester share blindness to the good characters, who help and preserve them throughout the story, while in "Hamlet" we share blindness with the characters to the true and full story.…

two kinds of power are contrasted: physical power, or violence, and psychological power. Physical power is the kind of power people use when they’re threatening to use or are using brute force on someone else. Cornwall uses this when he blinds Gloucester in King Lear, as does Bonbon when he shoots the hawk as a threat to Marcus in Of Love and Dust. Psychological power is different. Instead of forcing someone to do something they don’t want to do, it is when they are made to want to do something…

the tower? Many theories have been created over the years with suspects ranging from natural death of the sickly prince Edward to murder by a member of their own court. The most widely believed theory is that their own uncle Richard the Duke of Gloucester, later to become Richard the III, had them murdered on his orders to ensure his position as king of England. Many people believe this theory because it has so much evidence to back it up ranging from Richard’s possible motives for killing the…

Ancient Rome is often praised for their innovations in politics, literature, and theater. Unfortunately, many people forget that the ancient Romans also accomplished great feats in architecture. Wither it was the useful aqueducts or the substantial Circus Maximus many of the ancient Romans Architectural accomplishments are often forgotten. Although the roman influence can still be seen in our day to day lives, they are preserved in the Romanesque style of architecture. The end of the Roman…

Although teen pregnancy is not a new matter, the cultural response and aspect in being a teenage mother outlines a discriminative idea of “social acceptance.” I argue that celebrity glamorization of unplanned teen pregnancy has persuaded some average teenagers that adolescent pregnancy is socially acceptable. In three articles, not only is the examination and comparison of average teenage mothers and celebrities made but the idea that pregnancy is seen as a “disaster” is also prominent.…

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…

overthrow Lear. Before Lear gives the kingdom he has ruled over to Goneril and Regan he shows that the land is bound with him as it’s monarch. Lear attempts to stop this from happening but in his old age he is powerless against his children. Both Gloucester and Lear have illegitimate children. This is a metaphor for being blind of their respective good children (these children are Edgar and Cordelia) and also their bad children (Edmund, Goneril and Regan). The ‘bad’ children commit a…