He gets blinded by Regan and The Earl of Cornwall and his property taken away and given to his bastard son Edmund. He then wanders about accompanied by his other son Edgar, who's in exile. When Edgar reveals his identity, Gloucester has a heart attack and dies.
His half-brother Edgar.
It's a very strange scene, isn't it? You almost think Edgar is torturing his father. But he says, "Why I do trifle thus with his despair is done to cure it." Gloucester is suicidal, and Edgar hopes that by tricking him into thinking that he has attempted suicide and failed he is unlikely to try again.
Gloucester has two sons in the play. His blood son is Edgar while his illegitimate son is Edmund.A bit about Edmund:Edmund is outraged that Edgar is getting all of their father's inheritance while he gets nothing. To change this, he writes a hate letter to his father and tricks him in to thinking that Edgar wrote it. His devious scheme and actions that follow gain him the power and inheritance he wanted along with extra trust from his father. To continue to rise to power and hurt his father he takes any valuable information he gathers from Gloucester (ex. when Gloucester confides that he is going to help Lear; has a letter about Cordelia) and tells it to Cornwall (Regan's husband)A bit about Edgar:Edgar, having been fooled by Edmund, runs away from the castle after his father sends guards after him (after he read the letter) and becomes a poor Tom (beggar) in order to stay hidden and find out whats going on. As a beggar he aids Lear and saves his father from killing himself (tricks him). Later he reveals to his father who he really is and learns the truth about what happened.
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That he had received a letter from Edgar. That Edgar had encouraged him to get rid of Gloucester. That he and Edgar had fought over whether to kill Gloucester and that Edgar had wounded Edmund.
Gloucester's sons are called Edgar and Edmund.
He gets blinded by Regan and The Earl of Cornwall and his property taken away and given to his bastard son Edmund. He then wanders about accompanied by his other son Edgar, who's in exile. When Edgar reveals his identity, Gloucester has a heart attack and dies.
Edgar
Edgar Edmund Estcourt was born in 1816.
Edgar Edmund Estcourt died in 1884.
A number of incidents can be said to be the result of chance in the play:The horrible storm which coincides with Lear's arrival chez Gloucester.Gloucester entrusting himself to the care of Mad Tom, who coincidentally is his sonThe meeting of Gloucester and the mad King LearThe meeting of Oswald with Gloucester and Edgar, enabling Edgar to get the letter Oswald is carrying which proves Edmund's treachery.
Edgar is elder.
Edgar, his legitimate son.
King Lear of course, and Gloucester, who is the tragic figure in the subplot. But many would look at Gloucester's son, Edmund, the villain in the subplot, or his other son Edgar, the hero of the subplot.
Edgar, disguised as Poor Tom, tells Gloucester that the recent events have shown the chaos and disorder in the world, which contrasts with the idea of an ordered universe dictated by the stars. This prompts Gloucester to reconsider his decision to end his life, as he starts to see hope and purpose in the midst of the apparent chaos. Edgar's words inspire Gloucester to embrace life and endure his suffering with renewed strength and perspective.
He was the grandson of Edmund Ironside