EDMUND

EDMUND

1. Key Scenes

   • Act 1 Scene 2
     • The first time we meet Edmund
     • Edmunds Soliloquy - interaction directly with the audience
     • An insight into his plans and self perception
   • Act 3 Scene 5

2. Key Themes

   • Violence
   • Illegitimacy
   • Father, Son Relationship
   • Loyalty
   • Love/ Lust
   • Hierarchy & Power
   • Disguise - interanlly

3. Context

   • The ILLEGITIMATE son of an The Earl of Gloucester
     • He is therefore seen as of a lower status in the Jacobian period.
   • The younger of the two Edgar and Edmund
     • His social status is yet again lowered
   • A Stereotypical perception that the Illegitimate is evil
     • This is Shakespeare conforming to the social expections

4. Idiolect

   • Exclamatives
     • - Heightens the aggressive manner
     • Subversion of our expectations as he takes a dominant role
   • Poetic Language
     • Use of metaphors and similes to create the social status - educated
   • CHANGE in idiolect is as he begins to die
     • He becomes more acceptant and less verbose
   • A development of idiolect
     • As Edmunds status grows his language becomes less intense and he is more direct
   • Personal Pro noun 'My'

5. Interactions & Relationship with other characters

6. Our Expections & Subversions