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William Shakespeare wrote many plays during the late 1500’s and early 1600’s. One of these plays “King Lear” tells the story of a King with 3 daughters and an Earl with 2 sons 1 legitimate and 1 illegitimate. Edmund the younger son is said to be an attractive villain. Attractive and villain are very different things, but as the play progresses we see that Edmund uses these to his advantage. Edmund is a manipulator. This is because he his very bitter about being an illegitimate child. He feels that it is very unfair that his legitimate brother Edgar will inherit his father’s wealth over him. This is because the play is set in pre-Christian Britain and during this time in history people believed that the gods controlled everything including peoples fortunes. Edmund is said to be at the bottom of the wheel of fortune and he longs to be at the top of the wheel so he formulates a plan to get him all the good fortune he wants and needs the thing about Edmund is that he wants everything now! Edmund is cunning and beca