Throughout the play, Gloucester is blind to the events unfolding around him and the deception Edmund is planning. Gloucester rejects his son Edgar because Edmund tells him that Edgar plans to kill him (Shmoop, 2014). Gloucester assumes that Edmund is telling the truth and soon classifies Edgar as a criminal and he is hunted down. By ordering his own son killed, the audience can see how impulsive and naive Gloucester is. Gloucester's lack of attempt to determine the true story shows how easily influenced he is and how his madness overrides his rational thoughts. Much like Lear, Gloucester cannot determine his children's true intentions and is blinded by impulsive decisions and deception (King Lear, 2012). Gloucester rejects the child who had true love for him and cannot see beyond the lies he is told. Edgar's realization that Edgar was his loyal son and that Edmund was using him to get what he wanted became clear to him once he could no longer see. and without his son or his eyes, Gloucester felt useless. Edgar saves Gloucester from his suicide attempt and later reveals his true identity to him, giving Gloucester a sense of peace. It is later revealed that Gloucester commits suicide and Edgar defends his honor and fights Edmund. Although Gloucester suffers throughout the play, before his death he manages to make peace with his son and die with a sense of dignity and