From Julius Caesar to Macbeth, from Othello to Hamlet, Shakespeare presented at least one machiavel. ... Only after Lear sparks the fire of his ultimate demise, the exiling of both Cordelia and Kent, are the readers presented with the true villainous self of Edmund in his soliloquy in Act I, Scene ii. ... As everyone else is on a downward spiral, Edmund rises higher than all the other characters in King Lear, such as Machiavelli's Prince would act once created by the degeneration of the surrounding Shakespearian roles. ... When the prince needs to be deceitful, though, he must not appea...

• Word Count: 1654
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• Grade Level: High School

From Julius Caesar to Macbeth, from Othello to Hamlet, Shakespeare presented at least one machiavel. ... Only after Lear sparks the fire of his ultimate demise, the exiling of both Cordelia and Kent, are the readers presented with the true villainous self of Edmund in his soliloquy in Act I, Scene ii. ... As everyone else is on a downward spiral, Edmund rises higher than all the other characters in King Lear, such as Machiavelli's Prince would act once created by the degeneration of the surrounding Shakespearian roles. ... When the prince needs to be deceitful, though, he must not appea...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Their interactions are characterized by denial, suspicion, insecurity, guilt, isolation, and resentment. (34)" The fourth act brings the closest thing to resolution possible for the Tyrone's. ... The forth act begins with Edmund returning, to find his father alone and drunk. ...

• Word Count: 4355
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School