I want Edmund now more than ever to showcase his confidence and self-assurance because he has managed to create the perfect plan in order to execute his personal revenge. Edmund says, “Well, my legitimate, if this letter speed, […], Edmund the base shall top the legitimate. I grow, I prosper, now gods, stand up for bastard!” Edmund is expressing his desire for personal revenge because he believes that its unjust that people actually think that Edgar is better than him just because he is the legitimate son. During this part of the monologue, Edmund will have an assertive and threatening tone because he believes that his revenge will work. Furthermore, he is threatening Edgar by saying that if his plan works, then he will be the one with power …show more content…
Edmund is feeling unfortunate and unhappy because he has been cast out from society. The setting for the second way of performing this monologue, will have Edmund accompanied with someone else on stage hiding behind a door because I believe that having someone sympathizing with Edmund might help the audience to sympathies with him too and to understand his thoughts and emotions better. He will also have a low pitch because he feels powerless rather than confident. Edmund will be opening this monologue with tears in his face, saying, “Thou, nature, art my goddess. […] I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines, lag of a brother? Why “bastard’? Wherefore “base’?” In the beginning of the monologue, Edmund states that he does not support the social construct that society has created for themselves and him. He only stands by nature. Society has deprived him from his own rights simply because they can; therefore, he shall not allow it. Then, Edmund says that the fact that he was born a few months later from his brother Edgar, does not justify society’s labels, beliefs, and actions towards him. Edmund does not understand why he is not treated as an equally to his brother Edgar? Edmund blames the gods for allowing society to treat him as such, they are the ones who should be standing up for injustices like this. Since his brother
Elise hastily rushed to her tent to tend her father, named Jarvan, because of a horrendous wound that was made from a plasma bullet. The wound was turned into a hole in the skin after the plasma instantly evaporated. It took several hours to stop the bleeding using a cloth. As Elise’s father was resting, she went to find some valuables that might have been with the dead body that she had killed. Unfortunately, the body was gone and she came back empty handed. As soon as Elise came back, my father and I talked about the missing body and the ways we can leave this foul planet.
A journey often sparks an individual’s self-realisation. In King Lear, when Edmund is close to death, he is finally aware of his despicable nature and attempts to redeem himself by revealing Cordelia and Lear’s location. When Edmund states “I pant for life. Some good I mean to do, Despite of
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As discussed earlier ‘bastards’ were look down upon in society and seen as a mistake to the point where they were used as insults to their parents. Edmond uses the persuasive technique of inclusive language in the lines "Well then, Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land. Our father’s love is to the bastard Edmund". In this quote Edmond uses the term ‘our’ to emphasise the fact that him and Edgar have the same father. Additionally, Edmond also implies that he thinks "bastards" are as good as "legitimate" sons through this textual
First came the pride, an overwhelming sense of achievement, an accomplishment due to great ambition, but slowly and enduringly surged a world of guilt and confusion, the conscience which I once thought diminished, began to grow, soon defeating the title and its rewards. Slowly the unforgotten memories from that merciless night overcame me and I succumbed to the incessant and horrific images, the bloody dagger, a lifeless corpse. I wash, I scrub, I tear at the flesh on my hands, trying desperately to cleanse myself of the blood. But the filthy witness remains, stained, never to be removed.
Edmund, the bastard son of Gloucester, embodies the idea of avarice from the very beginning of the play almost until the end. In fact, Edmund seems to become more and more greedy as the production progresses. When Edmund is first introduced in person on stage, after a short exposition of his character by Gloucester and Kent in the first scene, the audience immediately finds Edmund engaged in a plot to strip his father's inheritance from his...
Edmund, the bastard son of Gloucester is not pleased with his status as a bastard. Edgar the legitimate son of Gloucester stands to obtain the lands, wealth and power of his father. Edmund thinks this is unfair and begins a plot to banish his brother and obtain the lands of his father. He begins by writing a fake letter from Edgar saying that he wants to murder his father and wishes to take power by force. Edmund uses his deceiving abilities to make the letter seem genuine. He lies to his father about how he came into possession of the letter: “It was not brought me, my Lord; t...
therefore, humankind is inherently good. Yet why does Edmund struggle to be righteous when his siblings
As a direct result of growing up without his mother, Edgar was not provided with enough maternal comfort and approval and therefore, he seeks it from his “bastard” brother who in most situations would be shunned by a legitimate child, even if their father informally recognized Edmund as his son. In this case, Edmund is welcomed to the family because Edgar seeks approval from someone other than his father,
He confirms his reasons for disrupting the established order when he claims… This implies that he is complying with the rules of nature rather than the rules that most of the society chooses to follow. Edmund believes that an illegitimate being cannot survive under the man-made laws of society, therefore he must infringe them for all bastards to achieve justice. Edmund decides to ascend the chain by means of deception and betrayal in response to the lack of recognition he receives from society and his father. Considering Edmund was conceived outside of what would be “human society’s harmonious order”, he is not required to uphold the social order within the country, since he was never apart of it. Edmund is aggravated that although his “mind [is] as generous” as everyone else’s, he does not have any connection with society, which initiates his continuous plan to disrupt any stable relationships; in response to being an outsider. When Edmund achieves power, he becomes consumed by the benefits that come with being recognized. After Goneril and Regan threaten their relationship with jealousy over Edmund, he responds with, “To both these sisters have I sworn my love…Which of them shall I take? Both? One? Neither?” This shows that Edmund is inconsiderate of the various relationships he is disrupting due to being newly recognized by society. Even after Edmund is acknowledged by his father through his words, “I'll work the means to make thee capable” he is still unsatisfied. Although recognition from his father was partly what Edmund was striving for, the new influence he has over society has made him protective of his title within society. He must eliminate his father from the social order and repel his brother away from receiving Gloucester’s throne in order for him to be ensured the position on the wheel of fortune, permanently. Edmund’s pinnacle of power causes him to utter, This
In the play ‘King Lear”, there is a character named Edmund who plotted against his brother Edgar. Edmund made false accusations against Edgar, so the entire kingdom was on the lookout for Edgar. Once Edgar had found out that the kingdom was looking for him, and that his brother was also plotting against their father, he went into hiding. Edgar gave up his identity, house, and family to keep his father and himself safe. This was a huge sacrifice
Edmund’s discontent with the notion of bastardy is brought up furthermore in his soliloquy at the beginning of scene two: “Thou, nature, art my goddess. To thy law/ My services are bound. Wherefore should I/ Stand in the plague of custom…” (II.1-3). The notion of bastardy in Lear pushes Edmund to place his faith in his born traits as opposed to the system that has labeled him an outsider his whole life. He believes he is equal to his brother in every way—his mind and shape as true—and the only reason he is not aloud to prosper is because of a preconceived idea of the ideal child. Inevitably, Edmund wants to rebel against the system that has stifled him for so long. Gloucester is primarily responsible for Edmund’s actions because he in no way raised him equal to Edgar. Edmund’s goal to usurp his brother and earn the power he believes he deserves is due to the notion of bastardy in the play; Edmund questions “why brand they us with ‘base, base bastardy’” in his first soliloquy (II.10) . After all, even Kent attested to his fine demeanour. But, the steadfast notion of bastardy at the time drove Edmund to the point of betrayal because there was no hope for him in playing by the rules as they are fundamentally opposed to a bastard’s prosperity. With this soliloquy, Edmund positions himself as the more disserving
The ideology of these men, and their interpretation of naturalness, is contrasted with the children’s, which is one of fluidity. Edgar believes the working of the universe to be just, throughout the story’s despair. Edmund, Goneril, and Regan are associated with wild, animal imagery. The animal language is meant to be derogatory, to contrast the concept of natural social order. This is a way to describe the character’s negative, and unnatural behavior. When Lear address Regan and Goneril’s shift into aggression once receiving their material desires from their father, he describes Goneril with animal behavior.
Edmund lusted for all of his father’s power, lying to his gullible brother and father aided him in his plan for total authority along with destroying their lives. As bastard son of Gloucester, Edmund wanted to receive all of the power destined for his brother, Edgar, who was Gloucester’s legitimate son. Edmund stated his disapproval of his brother, “Wherefore should I/ Stand in the plague of custom, and permit/ The curiosity of nations to deprive me/ For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines/ Lag of a brother? Why bastard?”(1.2.2-6). Edmund wanted the respect and love that Edgar received even though he was Gloucester’s bastard son. He claimed that he was not much younger or “moonshines lag of a brother” therefore he should be considered just as smart and able-minded as any legitimate son. He built up hatred toward Edgar and in order to get rid of him he convinced his father that Edgar had betrayed him through a letter. The letter that Edmund made read, “If our father would sleep till I waked him, you/ should enjoy half his revenue for ever, and live/ the beloved of your brother, Edgar”(1.2.55-57). Edmund portrayed Edgar as the son that would kill Gloucester only to inherit his money and share his inheritance with Edmund. Gloucester believed Edmund, sending out guards to kill Edgar for his betrayal...
A tragic character must pass from happiness to misery whereby he must be seen at the beginning of t... ... middle of paper ... ... born a bastard which continuously haunts him, does what he does as an act against the whole society. Therefore, Edmund’s driving force is to revolt against those in power, against traditional values and against the very make-up of society. He regards this revolution as a worthy cause, and his scheming is aimed at putting himself in power, gaining the throne.