King Lear: Evil Nature Of Edmund
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It is possible that the tragedy of King Lear could be driven almost entirely by the pure evil nature of Edmund. After Lear's initial acts of eminent domain, the play becomes driven by Edmund's cunning evil acts. Edmund forces his own brother into hiding, turns his father against his brother, order ....
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.... feels as though he is selected against for something that is not his fault. So, throughout this play Edmund plays with and destroys those characters that are in the high class that does not include bastard sons. This is the only rationalization for Edmund's evil inclination.
We find that today, the pattern of people out casted by society and committing evil acts as a way to be strong in such a weak position, still shows its self despite being found by Shakespeare in the 16th century. On ....
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