People who haven’t read King Lear who are only familiar with it from this blog probably think Edmund’s not that bad- so let me clear this up for you-
No he’s actually a pretty bad human being, I just really like him
People who haven’t read King Lear who are only familiar with it from this blog probably think Edmund’s not that bad- so let me clear this up for you-
No he’s actually a pretty bad human being, I just really like him
Anyway this thing happened today where I was supposed to come up with reasons why Goneril was Wrong to tell her servants to be rude to Lear, and I Couldn’t, and I was just trying to get the answer the teacher wanted,
so I was like “… because he was the king? But he’s barely the king now??”
And she was like “and why else?”
And I was like “…I guess he’s her father so she has some obligation to be polite to him??”
And she was like “and Why Else??”
And I was like “?????? I don’t know?”
And she was like “because he just gave her land and she should be grateful!!”
And I was like “??????????????”
Like. Yeah. Who else would he have given it to?? He wants it to stay in the family, right? So he’s not gonna give it to anyone other than his daughters?? It was his choice to retire?? They never asked for land he just handed it to them?? Unless you count praising him as asking for land, but praising a vey unstable all powerful ruler just seems like a common sense thing to do if you dont wanna die or get banished??