Gloucester

It is good to have an end to journey toward, and in the end the experiences within the journey itself are equally as important, as such ventures can induce some form of self-transformation. Journeys, Year 11 students, are amongst the very few things in life that is completely unavoidable. Every single person in this room has embarked on a journey, whether it be a journey to senior schooling, or even a journey to self-discovery; everyone has at least once experienced the impacts journeys may…

bastard child of Gloucester. In the following dialogue, the audience can piece together a sense of shame and mockery towards Edmund: But I have a son, sir, by order of law, some year elder than this, who yet is no dearer in my account. Through this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be ackknowledg’d. Do you know this noble gentleman, Edmund? (1.1.19-24). Gloucester clearly…

love is often time used as a shortcoming for characters in tragic literary works. In the play King Lear, Shakespeare utilizes the theme of blindness in the beginning as a metaphor for the “blindness” Lear and Gloucester have regarding their children, and then uses it as a crux for Gloucester when the nobleman goes from being metaphorically blind to having his eyes physically gouged out. Additionally, the progression throughout the play of metaphorical to literal blindness also encompasses Lear’s…

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 concept of…

The facade of order in King Lear is made apparent by the family unit. The family unit represents how fragile society really is on a smaller scale. When Lear gives his power away, he disregards the natural law of man, triggering social disorder to arise not only among the members of his family, but also among the kingdom. Nature is perceived as a moral compass and used to justify actions of certain characters, mostly Lear. Lear defies nature when he deems himself a master of the natural world…

created this scene in order to sensitize his audience, wealthy aristocrats, to the plights of the poor so that they may help them. Gloucester comments how being in such a high social position has made him careless in not appreciating what he had. As a result, it is only after he was blinded that he understood the many advantages he had in life compared to other people. Gloucester tells Edgar that his personal…

is meaningless due to the inevitability of death. Shakespeare explores the idea that pain and suffering can help shape a person’s character. Throughout the play, this idea is evident through characters such as King Lear and Gloucester. Lear’s suffering was mostly…

things appear. Furthermore, the Duke of Albany has passion over reason which is seen with his love for Goneril. In the play King Lear by William Shakespeare, he portrays the theme of gaining insight through blindness in his characters King Lear, Gloucester, and the Duke of Albany. King Lear’s narcissism inhibits him to see the truth. This is seen when he is unable to see Cordelia’s true love for him when Goneril and Regan lie and try to flatter him to get most of the land. He fails to…

A disturbing amount of evil, cruel and unjust treatment is displayed throughout Shakespeare’s King Lear. So much so that it can be a challenge to look beyond and recognize the occasions where justice is served. Although not as consistently as it should have been, justice is served in its own unique ways, for both the characters with good intentions and those with evil. Due to the lack of goodhearted characters in the play, more opportunities for justice naturally came to the evil characters, or…

has many characters that are that are driven by their wants and desires. That drive can either make them or break them. One character in particular is broken by his drive to become powerful and gain recognition. Edmund, the illegitimate son of Gloucester, has always been overshadowed by the fact that he was born out of wedlock and his brother, Edgar, was not. That prevented Edmund from not getting certain things like becoming king like his brother could achieve. On top of that, his father…