Betrayal And Loyalty In Shakespeare's King Lear

Shakespeare, William eloquent play King Lear shows betrayal and loyalty. An apocryphal note being sent from one brother to another asking to take over, sister bilking giving up their authority, and a sibling not getting the recognition for their true loyalty. Therefore this play knows how to cause drama with the loyalty and the absence of loyalty. Right off the bat Edgar’s loyalty to his father gets questioned because of a forged note. Edmund, the younger son whom is a bastard, decides the only way to get the his inheritance is to get his father to disown and hunt his brother down. Edmund forges a note saying “ If our father were dead you’d receive half of his revenue” that looks like it’s from Edgar. Edmund knew how to set up his brother by making him look he wanted to takeover their father. Once Edgar runs away, he disguises himself to be close to his father. In addition to his kindness, Edgar guides his father after he is blinded, even though his
From the beginning Goneril and Regan conspire together and decide “to strike while the iron’s hot” (27). Their planning to make their father have outbursts so he looks like a fool and can’t take his powers back. Furthermore, their father is said to start loosing his mind because he throws out his closest people, but keeps his evil daughters close to him. Also Goneril plans on having her husband killed so she can marry Edmund and have more power.
Through the whole play, there is always some kind of drama going on, and it revolves around loyalty. Edgar's loyalty is questioned because his bastard brother wants his father’s inheritance and love. He wants to be better than his legitimate brother. Loyalty to King Lear is sparse, and those like Kent, who have loyalty to him are scoffed at and publicly humiliated. In life, there is always going to be drama and trust issues, just like in Shakespeare's drama King