# Gloucester — King Lear character guide

> Gloucester in King Lear by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Gloucester Sir, noble Gloucester, the traitor Gloucester, Gloucester He that will think to live till he be old, O poor Gloucester, Gloucester Alack

**First appearance:** 0002-act-i-scene-i

## Who they are

Earl whose blindness to Edmund's treachery leads to his own tragic downfall.

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