Madness of Edgar in King Lear by William Shakespeare (4333 words, 7 pages)
Edgar, Poor Tom O'Bedlam, fiend, peasant, messenger, and avenging knight - just who is the character that assumes all these personas? Shakespeare often plays with the motif of madness and ambiguous roles, but no character dramatically embodies these ideas as extensively as Edgar in King Lear. It has often been ...
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