Gloucester's superstitions make him appear foolish next to Edmund's calm, unaffected rationality. ... Edmund does not speak before Gloucester is brought in, but the last thing he says, scenes earlier, is an expression of his agreement for bringing the king before Cornwall, as Cornwall says, "that he may be ready for...apprehension" (III.v.15). ...

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