... under any normal foreseeable circumstances. He is not genetically a part of the clique that exists, nor can he ever truly be a part of it. Focusing on these social elite seated across the boardroom table, as they make open fun of his situation, it is understandable that he develops resentment, ambition, and a desire to move up in the company. Just as the ... is no wonder that Edmund did not wish to trust his fate to Lear, Goneril, Reagan, their husbands, or even his naive brother Edgar once his father had passed away. Robert Blake, in the poem "A Poison Tree- wrote, "I was angry with my...

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