Goneril. In Act I Scene ii Edmund receives a letter from his brother that mentions if their father was dead Edmund would inherit half of the father’s fortune even though he is a bastard. The father‚ Gloucester walks into the room while Edmund is rereading his brother’s letter. Edmund doesn’t want his father to read the letter until he knows his brother’s intentions‚ but Gloucester sees Edmund try to hide the letter and asks his bastard of a son what he is hiding. After Edmund fruitlessly tries to not
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often points out how she was once young and beautiful. Marys failure to quit is also connected with her family relationships. Edmund‚ is aware of his bad health‚ and thinks that he may have Tuberculosis. He thinks that he can overcome his illness like his mother overcame her addiction. His optimism is crushed when he realizes that she is still addicted. Mary and Edmund are connected in more ways than a mother is to her youngest son. Because they are so similar‚ it is not unusual that he uses her
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Kayla Jacklin Dr. Treschow English 153 25 March 2013 Power Corrupts a Happily Ever After The theme of authority is prominent in William Shakespeare’s play King Lear. The play has many situations that allow readers to observe the negative effects that ones authority can have‚ and the negative effects that the lust for power will bring. Having authority is an important responsibility that is often misused. Even in today’s society there are world leaders either taking the wrong irrational action
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because they cannot be accommodated by traditional formulas‚ moral or literary and thee sub-plot exists partly to establish that fact. The simplification of the sub-plot can be seen first of all in its method of defining character. The behaviour of Edmund‚ the bastard‚ for example‚ is more comprehensible than that of Lear’s bad daughters. The contrast is between Edmund’s conventionally explicable villainy and the seemingly incomprehensible evil Goneril and Regan. The two daughters‚ who have been given
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leader because she is the first one to find a way to narnia. She may be the youngest but she is very important. When she tries to tell Peter‚ Edmund‚ and Susan they all don’t believe her but Lucy has been known to be very truthful. She developes a really close relationship with Aslan. Susan and Lucy both witness Aslan giving himself up to instead of Edmund. The two ladies seem like followers just like in Jesus Christ‚ such as Mary Magdalene and the other Mary‚ which witnessed him dying and were the
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daughters. An old man loosing his mind and his two daughters are trying to control him as if he were a child instead of a king. The second plot involves Edgar the legitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester and Edmund the illegitimate son. Edmund is a vile man full of hatred and greed for power. Edmund betrays his brother and father in order to accumulate power. It is fate that brings the characters of this play to commit the acts and make the decisions that decide their destiny. The play starts off as
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that’s what he wanted to hear from them while they never meant a word of what they said. Gloucester informs us how cruel Regam and Goneril are. And these two lovely daughters are totally contradicts the way Gluocester describes them. Edmund is not any better too‚ at first; he was that innocent‚ helpless‚ not recognized bastard child of Kent. Edmaud’s true personality was exposed‚ and how jealous he is towards his brother Edgar. Hence‚ he was not called innocent anymore and turns to be
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demonstrates the tragedy that can occur once humans allow themselves to be taken over by any one of the seven deadly sins. Greed The sin of greed is perfectly exemplified in the character of Edmund. Throughout the play Edmund’s greed is the motivating factor behind all of the decisions that he makes. Edmund‚ as the illegitimate son of Gloucester plots against his brother in order to obtain his inheritance completely ignoring all familial responsibility in the pursuit of land and money. At the beginning
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(Hawthorne 86). Lewis‚ however‚ talks about forgiveness‚ showing Edmund’s betrayal being forgiven by his brother and sisters as well as Aslan‚ the king of Narnia. Even though Edmund negotiated with the White Witch to make himself superior‚ and was betrayed and held hostage by the Witch‚ Aslan rescued him and brought Edmund to his siblings‚ saying‚ “There is no need to talk to him about what is past” (Lewis 139). In this respect‚ it is clear to see that both stories have difference in attributes.
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