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Theme Of Edmund In Julius Caesar Act 1

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This can be seen in Act 1, Scene 2 where Edmund’s vicious waysunderline his plot of replacing his brother as his father’s heir. “[…] Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land. Our father’s love is to the bastard Edmund, as to th’legitimate […] if this letter speeds my invention thrive, Edmund the base shall to th’legitimate. I grow; I prosper; now gods, stand up for the bastards!” he exclaims. This is the first time the audience sees how evil and vicious Edmund is and what his intentions are. If Gloucester had not treated his “bastard son” so badly, he might not have been evil. Since, Gloucester continuously showed Edmund that he preferred Edgar over him, Edmund grew up with such a bad attitude towards him which led him to his evil plot and
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