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King Lear

By William Shakespeare - Stage play

Stage playStageACT I, Scene 2

Roles

  • Edmund
  • Gloucester

About this piece

Edmund tries to make his father believe that his legitimate son is trying to kill him

Summary

Edmund is the bastard son of Gloucester, a nobleman who is loyal to the king of Britain, King Lear. In the first scene he is introduced when his father introduces him to Kent, a nobleman, and explains that even if he is his bastard son, he loves him anyways. Right at the beginning of the play Edmund sets out to seize his father's estate and "top" his brother Edgar, the "legitimate" son. In this scene Edmund, after delivering a soliloquy where he resents society's attitude toward bastards and his brother Edgar, meets his father Gloucester and very subtly makes him believe his son Edgar is after his wealth.

Tone

SchemingPersuading somebody

Use cases

classrehearsal
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