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Shakespeare' King Lear is a story of treachery and
deceit. The villainy of the play knows no bounds. Family
lines are ignored in an overwhelming quest for power. This
villainy is epitomized in the character of Edmund, bastard
son of the Earl of Gloucester.
Edmund is displayed as a " most toad-spotted
traitor." When we first see Edmund, he is already knee
deep in treachery. His need for power has already clouded
his mind to the extent that his first act is a double-
cross of his own brother. Edmund composes a false letter
to his father implicating his brother, Edgar in a plot to
kill Gloucester. Edmund then goes to Edgar and convinces
him to run away. Edgar, like his father is easily deceived,
and runs.
Edmund's evil trickery continues to increase in its
cruelty until he commits an inconceivable crime. Edmund
has reached a point in his pursuit of power that he will
stop at nothing to gain more. He writes another......

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