Edgar got tricked into leaving by his half brother, Edmond. He is now disguised as Poor Tom, who is a beggar. In order to achieve this, he did things such as making his hair knotted and unkempt, covered himself in grime and dirt, and he stripped himself of all of his clothes, apart from a loincloth. In doing this he essentially killed the idea of himself. “Oh madam my old heart is cracked, it’s cracked!” – This quote supports the notion that this is the subplot, by showing parallels to King Lear in the first scene when his favourite daughter, Cordelia, refused to prove her love for him, resulting in her getting banished from the kingdom.
The scrip induces stress in the viewer because of the events that happen in the text that the viewers are given full knowledge of the events, and the characters most often are only aware of certain characters motives, causing them to make incorrect decisions. This causes the viewer to feel stress because they can see decisions