King Lear #5

Gloucester’s eyes were plucked out one at a time by Cornwall. By showing Cornwall plucking out Gloucester’s eyes, it shows the audience first hand how Cornwall is an evil and corrupt person. He shows no remorse for the man and does not really give him a chance to explain himself. When he asks him questions, he just assumes Gloucester is lying. Gloucester’s crime was not to the severity for Cornwall to take his eyes out.

This scene also shows how, for the most part, all of the others are cruel as well. Regan tells Cornwall to pluck out Gloucester’s remaining eye (after one was already taken out). This shows she has no remorse. Besides one servant, when all of the tying up Gloucester and plucking his eye out was going on, all the servants followed what Cornwall and Regan instructed them to do. When that one servant did stick up for Gloucester, the result was that he was stabbed in the back by Regan. This scene shows the violent manners in Gloucester and Regan.

Some movies use gruesome scenes to add to the movie. They want it to be more dramatic and cause a rise out of the audience. However, these movies typically warn the audience beforehand to make sure they know they might be seeing some gory scenes. I think it is ok for these types of movies to have violent scenes because that is what the audience wants to see. Also, I think it is ok for video games to have violence as long as there is a warning on the cover. People (adults) should know what their kids are playing. In addition, when adults buy the games for themselves, they are paying for the game and they want the brutal fighting.