king lear
Two brothers, opposites of each other fight for the love of their father; one is deceitful and the other is truly loyal. In the play King Lear by William Shakespeare the actions of the brothers Edmund and Edgar form the sub-plot that reveals one son's dark side and the other's love and loyalty towards their father. The bastard son Edmund has no claim to his father's land, so he feels he must be greedy and obtain it through betrayal and deceit. Where as Edgar the true son humbly accepts his position in life even with it takes a turn for the worse. In order to gain his inheritance Edmund must not only betray his brother and father, but his country as well. For betrayal Edgar gets revenge on Edmund and Edmund gets the justice he deserves. Throughout the play Edgar and Edmund show their differences through their loyalty and rebellion, their humbleness and greed, and finally their revenge and justice. Firstly, Edgar is kind hearted and has a trusting nature which makes him unable to notice the evil in his brother until it is too late. He believes that Edmund is truly trying to help him, when in fact he is betraying him. Edgar takes to heart that Edmund wants to help when he says, "Pray you, Away!" (Act 1, Scene 2, line
Is general woe. [To Kent and Edgar.] Friends of my soul, My practices ride easy! I see the business. Despite of mine own nature. Quickly send Here, father, take the shadow of this tree
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Approximate Word count = 2794
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)
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