Humans have qualities such as kindness, consideration, compassion and above all pity. Sometimes, however, human nature can be very primitive, like that of an animal, to act instinctively and without morals and consciousness. Further, it can cause one person to be dreadful toward another. This primitiveness is evident in King Lear through the unnatural way Goneril and Regan treat their father and through the evil manipulative actions of Edmund.
             At the beginning of the play Goneril and Regan comply with their Father's request for them to declare how much they love him. However, once they have received their father's power and land, their attitude and behavior towards him swiftly changes. Goneril almost immediately finds fault with Lear's behavior and when she confronts Lear, he scolds her and calls her a, "detested kite". When Lear speaks to Regan about Goneril's attitude, he describes it in terms of animal behavior that her unkindness is like a vulture. However, Regan sides with her sister Goneril and they both decide that if Lear is to stay at either of their homes, he must not have any of his knights. Lear enraged with their actions, leaves them and walks off while there is a storm. Goneril and Regan's actions destroyed the natural social order and cause their father, who is the King, to go mad. They showed no compassion and pity towards their father when there was a terrible storm. Their selfishness and betrayal has gone so far, that Goneril's husband, Albany, describes them as "Tigers, not daughters", referring to their savage and cruel behavior towards their own father.
             At the same time, Edmund, the bastard son of Gloucester, is also very savage and cruel towards his own family. Even though, Gloucester loves both of his sons equally, Edmund feels that his accidental birth has been unjust and wants to take over all of his father's land. We begin
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