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Characters om King Lear (Edgar (Edgar is shown as a passive and trusting…
Characters om King Lear
Edmund
He will go to any length to get what he wants, and uses trickery and deception to achieve his aims.
The motive behind his evil doings is the fact that he feels cheated about his position in society - 'bastard son'.
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He never apologises for his wickedness and keeps it going right to the end and when he is trying to gain the throne .
Destructive - he gets everything that he wants and is repsobsible for the death of the three princesses. He shows that he is unstoppable.
His last line implies that he feels that loyality is important, but he was doing it wrong.
He draws the audience in with his intelligence, his language and his success.
Lear
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Begins to realise his follies - moral vision. His madness lets him learn the unjust place that he had ruled, that he must forgive Cordelia and that he must understand the poor.
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He remains self-obsessed and vengeful - he doesn't have the realisation on his own and feels bitter about the treatment he received from Goneril and Regan.
Begins to realise his follies - moral vision. His madness lets him learn the unjust place that he had ruled, that he must forgive Cordelia and that he must understand the poor.
He takes Kent in and loves the Fool showing hat he does care for the lower class and respects loyalty
The Fool
Represents Lear's madness and how it deteriorates and how Lear becomes dependent on other characters - Fool and Kent.
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Comic relief - he makes comments about characters, sings songs and breaks up the more distressing scenes.
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Edgar
Edgar is shown as a passive and trusting character in the first act who is easily played by his brother
He believes Edmund so easily suggesting that he is too good and would never think of anyone being bad.
This proves his goodness because he is then forced to become a madman and then take control of hi sown life.
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He is the only character at the end of the play that has not committed a crime against family or state.
He becomes a representation of justice at the end of the play - the most likely person to take over in Lear's place.
Albany
Doesn't say anything at the beginning so that the plot is focused on Lear and his daughters which makes him look better later on.
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He turns good at the end of the play and turns against Goneril and Edmund - arresting both of them,
He becomes the voice of justice at the end - he assumes the power and allows Edgar to speak of Gloucester's death
Too little, too late - he comes in too late and there is nothing that he can do to stop the deaths of good characters.
Cornwall
He is responsible for the most shocking moment in the play, Gloucester's blinding, showing that he is violent and aggressive.
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He is working against Lear - he wants to have power, and the crown and acts as if he is entitled to it throughout.
The fact that he is murdered b his servant is justice and ironic - he betrayed Lear and his servant betrayed him.
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Gloucester
Has no faith in Edgar, not trusting as a father.
Blindness - Gloucester is totally blind to what Edmund is doing and ruthlessly casts Edgar out giving Edmund all the power
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Positive - he helps Lear out on the heath, denounces Goneril and Regan and tries to reconcile with Edgar.
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Regan
At the beginning of the play Regan is seen as the passive sister and allows Goneril to take control.
She becomes more dominant making, telling Cornwall to inflict more pain on Gloucester and leading the army against Lear.
She is violent and masculine - using the servant to do her dirty work would have been considered to be a male thing.
She goes against everything that a woman was expected to be - she is jealous, treacherous and immoral.
Her lust for Edmund blinds her to what her sister is plotting against her as well as turning her against Goneril
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Kent
Kent is determined to stay loyal to Lear throughout the whole play - he speaks the truth and comes back disguised when he is banished.
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He is a good character - he speaks the truth throughout, he cares for Lear and Cordelia, he stands up to the evil characters.