blindness

blindness of status

oswald calling edgar a ‘bold peasant’ despite being of the same apparent status as poor tom. shows his complete blindness of status in the pursuit of power

materialistic blindness

blindness in the context of only being able to see in greed, such as oswald seeing gloucester only in terms of his bounty

‘a proclaimed prize! …

that eyeless head of thine was first framed flesh

to raise my fortunes’ - act 4 scene 6

france stating how cordelia is a dowry in herself

blind love

lear is tragically ignorant for blindly trusting his daughters in act 1 scene 1 as the go on to betray him

albany is blinded to goneril’s cruelty to lear due to his love for her. this shows him before he is free from blindness, i.e., before he has nous

power makes people blind

cornwall tells edmund how he will be his father, despite edmund just betraying his father