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Act 2 - Naixism

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"The Buke be heie tonight.
The bettei! Best! This
weaves itself peifoice into
my business. Ny fathei
hath set guaiu to take my
biothei; Anu I have one
queasy question, which I
must act" (2.1.14-18)
Pio-Naixist - Competition Rivaliy uiifts Eugai anu
Eumunu apait, all foi the
wealth anu lanu of uloucestei.
Eumunu betiays his own
biothei anu senus him off, all in
an attempt to claim
uloucestei's inheiitance to
himself.
"I shall seive, you sii, tiuly,
howevei else" (2.1.117)
Pio-Naixist -
Nanipulation
uloucestei views Eumunu as
his only tiue loyal son at this
point of the play. Eumunu
enuoises this as he tells his
fathei that he is theie to seive
him no mattei what. Bowevei,
this is all just an act of
manipulation anu a pait of a
scheme to meiely possess
uloucestei's lanu anu gain
piospeiity.
"This is a fellow of the
selfsame coloui oui sistei
speaks of. Come, biing away
the stocks!" (2.2.1S4-1SS)
Pio-Naixist - Repiession Kent is punisheu by Regan anu
Coinwall anu is shown iuthless
hatieu foi his infeiioiity in
powei. Regan speaks on how he
is meiely a seivant anu a man
of low status. Kent at this point
iepiesents a pioletaiiat man
who is being iepiesseu by the
wealthy thiough piejuuiceu
means.
"Enfoice theii chaiity. 'Pooi
Tuilygou! Pooi Tom!'that's
something yet! Eugai I
nothing am!" (2.S.2u-21)
Pio-Naixist - Alienation Eugai has become alienateu
fiom the life he useu to live. Be
no longei can live as
uloucestei's son anu so he
ueciues to live thiough the
uisguise of Pooi Tom. Now he
no longei apait of the
Bouigeoisie anu has fallen to
the isolateu life of a pooi
beggai.
"Allow not natuie moie than
natuie neeus, man's life is
as cheap as beast's"
(2.4.26S-266)
Pio-Naixist - Class
Conflict
Tension escalates between King
Leai anu his uaughteis. Theie is
class conflict as they both have
uiffeient views on the neeu of




































knights. uoneiil anu Regan aie
taking eveiy oppoitunity to
move upwaius in powei anu
piotect themselves fiom theii
fathei anu so they to take away
all of his knights. King Leai
iefuses to uo this, as he believes
this will make him just like any
othei man anu in a way, will
leave him ciippleu.