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Betrayal in King Lear  

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Hina Qureshi Eng-4UO Mrs. LaFrance April 7, 2003 Betrayal A kingdom without order is a kingdom in chaos (Bradley). William Shakespeare's play King Lear is a play full of deception, betrayal, and insincere promises. It's a tragic play that demonstrates what happens when children are concealed by greed and loose their love and respect for their parents. Goneril, Regan, and Edmund declare their affection to their loved ones for their ambition for power and to raise there status in Britain. After they get what they want they reveal their heartless characters by disowning their loved ones. Regan and Goneril trick their father, King Lear, into believing that they love him all for the passion for power. Edmund too, tricks his father, Gloucester, and his brother, Edgar, into thinking he is a loving loyal son and brother all for the obsession over the title of Earl of Gloucester. In Shakespeare's play King Lear, the...

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