I don't know if you're that hyperfixated on King Lear or Edmund, specifically, anymore but I'm planning writing an essay about comparing my thoughts about my biological father to Edmund's on Gloucester ( me and Edmund both be rocking the bastard title but I'm fortunately not treated as such <3 ) so if you ever see the link to an essay about such a topic; it's me :p
Im perpetually obsessed with Edmund and would gladly love to read any essay that so much as mentions his name <3
king lear is just an extended psa for why reading other peoples’ mail is a felony
Ive posted about this a hundred times and I’ll post about it again
the fact that edmund knew that if he were to hold a letter, gloucester would demand to read it– the fact that edmund knew that no matter how reasonable of an explanation he could give, gloucester would assume the worst–
edmund and edgar both profiling each other incorrectly
edmund stating that edgar wouldn’t suspect anything because he’s too good and too innocent to suspect someone plotting against him
edgar knowing immediately that whatever’s going on must be someone’s intentional scheme to harm him, but not suspecting that edmund was the one behind it
both of the gloucester brothers being wrong about each other, SPECIFICALLY by their beliefs that the other is a good and honorable person