... tool to keep civilization safe and orderly; a society without justice would fall into anarchy. The violence of Act 3, where Cornwall and Regan blind Gloucester for betraying the King "See't shalt thou never. Fellows, hold the chair. Upon these eye's of thine I'll set my foot... He that will think to live till he be old, give me some help! – O cruel ... him saying, "There is a cliff whose high and bending head looks fearfully in the confined deep. Bring me to the very brim of it, and I'll repair the misery thou dost bear." Throughout the play deception is a recurring theme and is repre...

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... him an intelligent party to the advantages of France- (3.5. 7-9). After Cornwall reads the letter Gloucester wrote to get help from France, he finds Gloucester and takes his eyes out. "See't shalt thou never. Fellows, hold the chair. Upon these eyes of thine I'll set my foot- (3.7. 71-72). When Gloucester loses his eyes he realizes that his real son Edgar was not ... the death. In the end Edgar won the fight and Edmund died, at the point of defeat Edmund realized he was wrong and said he deserved what he had gotten. "Thou hast spoken right; 'tis true; The wheel is come full circle; I am...

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• Grade Level: High School

... supporting the French. Can't put Gloucester to death without holding a trial, but he could still punish him. When Gloucester swears that he will see Lear's wrongs avenged, Cornwall replies, "See't shalt thou never."" Digs one of Gloucester's eyes out and throws it on the floor and steps on it. Cornwall gets wounded by one of his servants because he couldn't stand by ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School