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Edmund’s plot to supplant Edgar and gain his father’s inheritance begins in Act One Scene Two. What is the importance of this scene in the context of the play as a whole?
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English Literature AS Level Coursework King Lear (A) Edmund's plot to supplant Edgar and gain his father's inheritance begins in Act One Scene Two. What is the importance of this scene in the context of the play as a whole? The character of Edmund is introduced in Act one Scene one of the play as Gloucester's illegitimate son. " I have so often blush'd to acknowledge him" he says this in front of Edmund. Gloucester does state that he loves Edmund as much as his legitimate son Edgar. "Who yet is no dearer in my account" Although his father has expressed his love for both sons, Edmund must still feel segregated and unwanted and these feelings would have certainly pushed Edmund to betray his family. Until Gloucester's blinding near the end of the play, Edmund conceals this split personality to his father and brother keeping the pretence of a noble, loyal and trustworthy...
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