Throughout the play, Gloucester is blind to the events happening around him and the deception that Edmund is planning. Gloucester rejects his son Edgar as Edmund tells him that Edgar is planning to kill him (Shmoop, 2014). Gloucester assumes that Edmund is telling the truth and soon classifies Edgar as a criminal and is hunted down. By ordering his son to be killed, the audience can see how impulsive Gloucester is and how naive he is. Gloucester's lack of attempts to determine the true story shows how easily influenced he is and how his stupidity takes over his rational thoughts. Just like Lear, Gloucester cannot determine his sons' true intentions and is blinded by impulsive decisions and deception (King Lear, 2012). Gloucester rejects the child who felt 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 attempted suicide and later reveals his true identity to him giving Gloucester a sense of peace. It is later revealed that Gloucester kills himself and Edgar defends his honor and fights Edmund. Although Gloucester suffers throughout the play, before he dies, he is able to make peace with his son and die with a sense of dignity and serenity.