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The allure of wealth and power is enough to give an individual the incentive to deceive and manipulate those who stand in their way.
Edmund: One step I have advanced thee; if thou dost
As this instructs thee, thou dost make thy way
To noble fortunes: Know thou this, that men
Are as the time is: to be tender-minded
Does not become a sword: Thy great employment
Will not bear question; either say thou'lt do't,
Or thrive by other means.
5.3.29-34
Explanation: As wealth tempted Edmund to lie to his father and brother, he knows to use greed to motivate others to do what he wants. He manipulates the captain into killing Cordelia by using the temptation of wealth, the same thing that he started lying for.
Once one has wealth, the desire for more overrides their prior values and relationships.
Goneril: There is further compliment of leave-taking between
France and him. Pray you let’s hit together. If our
father carry authority with such disposition as he bears,
this last surrender of his will but offend us.
1.1.303-307
Explanation: After getting the land from their father, Goneril and Regan no longer care about Lear as a person. Despite their previous claims of loving him more than wealth and even life, they now see him as a threat they have to "hit together." They care more about protecting their wealth than their father.
Lear: The tempest in my mind
Doth from my senses take all feeling else
Save what beats there. Filial ingratitude!
Is it not as this mouth should tear this hand
For lifting food to it? But I will punish home!
No, I will weep no more. In such a night
To shut me out! Pour on; I will endure.
In such a night as this! O Regan, Goneril!
Your kind father, whose frank heart gave all!
Oh, that way madness lies: let me shun that!
No more of that.
3.4.13-22
Explanation:
Goneril and Regan’s disrespect to Lear takes its toll on him. He goes insane from hurt, lamenting the cruelty he has endured from his two daughters. Their love for money has overshadowed any love they had for him, and he is left to fend for himself after giving them everything he had.
Greed and wealth can cause an individual to make irrational decisions that have an irreversible impact.
Example:
Edmund: And hardly shall I carry out my side,
Her husband being alive. Now then, we’ll use
His countenance for the battle, which being done,
Let her who would be rid of him devise
His speedy taking off. As for the mercy
Which he intends to Lear and to Cordelia,
The battle done and they within our power,
Shall never see his pardon; for my state
Stands on me to defend, not to debate.
5.1.62-70
Explanation:
In his greed for wealth and power, Edmund concocts ever more drastic schemes. He is willing to let Goneril murder her husband and plans to kill Lear and Cordelia, all to take out competition for power. He says his success depends on acting without dwelling on it, resulting in impulsive decisions.
Lear: Howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones:
Had I your tongues and eyes, I'd use them so
That heaven's vault should crack. She's gone for ever!
I know when one is dead, and when one lives;
She's dead as earth. Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives.
5.3.257-264
Explanation:
Edmund’s plotting results in Cordelia’s death. He wished to kill Lear and Cordelia to ensure that he would rule Britain unchallenged, and in his pursuit for wealth and power, he leaves behind a path of grief and suffering for everyone involved. His ultimate deed before dying results in Cordelia’s murder and Lear dying of grief.
Rowan as Edmund, Owais as Captain
Samantha as Goneril, Justin as Regan
Edmund lies to his father and brother in order to steal Edgar’s inheritance. He does not value the fact that they are honourable and trusting, and only see those characteristics as weaknesses for him to exploit to get what he wants. Taking advantage of the trust they have in him, Edmund lies to both, betraying them in favour of wealth.
Owais as Lear
In conclusion, the symbol of wealth and money within King Lear stands as a reminder that it is easy to succumb to the corruption of greed, and subsequently lead individuals to act immorally.
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In Shakespeare’s King Lear, the symbol of wealth and money represents how the overbearing feeling of greed can corrupt one’s moral compass, and lead them down a path of causing social disorder by betraying the trust of those they may know.
Samantha as Edmund, Justin as Albany
We arrived at this thesis by concluding that nearly all occurrences and events surrounding the symbol of money and wealth often involved some form of greed, and by proxy, had an immoral effect on the characters of the book, mostly through the betrayal of trust.
Rowan as Lear, Owais as Kent, Justin as Edgar
Justin as Edmund, Owais as Edgar