Betrayal

I would like to highlight one of the themes in ‘King Lear’ by William Shakespeare which is betrayal, as most of the plot in the play evolves within the theme. It is all about betrayal of children to father and betrayal between siblings. In this play, Lear has been betrayed by his two daughters who are Goneril and Regan that he has blindly misjudged them as good daughters. Due to that both of them has became powerful in Britain. This is all the same with Gloucester where he is been betrayed by his illegitimate son, Edmund in order for him to get rid of his brother, Edgar. Edgar also has been betrayed by his brother Edmund where due to that, he has to be someone else. Edmund has joined the two sisters doing destruction by using their power. As the plot moves, we can see that all the evil characters has to be paid due to their crimes and this shows that all bad deed will not turn up to have a happy ending. Personally, I think the situation can happen to all of us because not all human beings are as good as angel. So, I am taking lesson from this play that is to be good to all even though I have been betrayed as all evil behaviours will has to pay for the evilness.