Gloucester

throne of England. While, the Earl of Gloucester has two sons Edgar and Edmund which both desire to be his primary choice for his inheritance after his retirement. Unfortunately, Lear and Gloucester base their decisions on love and admiration which begins to cause each of them significant consequences. Their failure to understand which of their daughters or sons truly loves them cause’s personal consequences for Lear and political consequences for Gloucester. The first…

and friends attempt either to redirect him and his thinking into the right path or to take advantage of it. In addition, in the poem there is Gloucester, who is a friend to King Lear and is betrayed by his son Edmund in believing that his other son Edgar is coming up with a plan against him and trying to kill him. At the beginning of the poem with Gloucester is branded a traitor for helping King Lear, and he is blinded by Cornwall who is the husband of Regan and when his eyes are taken out, he…

destructive path. Edmund, the illegitimate son of Gloucester, Regan, and Goneril, the daughters of King Lear, use these misjudgments for their personal self gain. Edmund desires…

Without Edgar from William’s Shakespeare’s King Lear taking responsibility for himself and for his father, the Earl of Gloucester, he would not be able to comprehend hardship and guide both himself and his father through suffering. When his life plans to become Earl of Gloucester veer off his expected path, Edgar immerses himself in a pit of desire. He has to transform his outlook on life to take responsibility for himself and for his father before he can understand that the world is not a…

throne, regency would be needed. The two most obvious people to head that regency were Queen Elizabeth and Richard of Gloucester. Richard and the queen were openly hostile, however; indeed, there was very little public support for the queen. Edward IV’s brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was named as protector. As the new king, Edward V, travelled towards London, he was met by Gloucester; this was supposed to be in preparation…

In contrast, Edgar not only is a victim of manipulation, but uses manipulation for the greater good of others. Edgar has been manipulated and betrayed by his own brother Edmund, who framed him and made it seem as if he wants to kill Gloucester, their father. When Edgar flees the kingdom to avoid being captured, he goes under disguise to survive and still be present in the surroundings; Edgar disguises himself as a beggar. I heard myself proclaimed, And by the happy hollow of a tree Escaped the…

This betrayal leads to political controversy and later lays the foundation for most of the conflicts later in the play. Another act of betrayal is between brothers, Edmund and Edgar. Edmund tricks his father, Gloucester, into thinking Edgar is conspiring to kill him. This leads to Gloucester casting his older, legitimate son out, leaving the inheritance to Edmund. Another prevailing theme in King Lear is justice. After all the betrayal, violence, and disobedience in the play, the biblical term…

foreshadow complications but also result in the sacrifice of Cordelia and Gloucester. Shakespeare’s use of epiphany of Lear, is shown by misperceiving Goneril’s love with flattery which is portrayed through Goneril’s plosive language, contrasting the poetic language in verse present in the division of the kingdom, exemplifying Goneril’s greed for land the deceptive love expressed for Lear. This parallels with the double plot of Gloucester…

In both plays we can find points in where love has taken place, like for example Lysander and Demetrius being in love with Hermia, and Regan and Gloucester fall in love with Edmund. Also both plays have the presence of mistaken identity and blindness of the characters. In King Lear, the King is too blind to see the evil of his two eldest daughters, and the good of his youngest daughter due to his selfish…

Lear, they are willing at first but then once they had enough they took very risky, extreme, ruthless actions to get rid of their father, and didn't stop once he was gone. Gloucester: Gloucester's blinding in the play makes literal his emotional blindness towards his two sons, Edgar and Edmund, when he becomes blind does Gloucester really see who his children really are. Edgar: Edgar is framed by edmund and doesn't tell his father who he is, he started off rich and trusting but then became poor…