King Lear (Betrayal)

How is betrayal important to the play? -Causes Gloucester to fall and Edgar to fuk off-Lear to choose his other daughters over Cordelia-Lear to lose his kingdom
3 Examples of Betrayal within the play? -Edmund tricking Gloucester and Lear and daughters-Lear feeling this from Cordelia and Gloucester thinking this as well
Quotes for Edmund tricking Gloucester and Edgar? “thou art a traitor/False to thy gods, thy brother, and thy father”
Quotes for daughters betraying Lear? “If it be you that stir these daughters’ heartsAgainst their father”
Quotes for Cordelia betraying Lear? “Barberous Scythian”
Ways that betrayal is expressed? -Use of allusion to Scythians who were savage and moralless-Motif of blindness Lear not saying Cordelia truth
Quotes for Lear’s blindness? orders her “out of [his] sight,” his pal, Kent, gives him the following advice: “See better, Lear”
Quotes for Gloucester’s blindness? “I have no way, and therefore want no eyes; I stumbled when I saw”