To Be Known: King Lear

In the Shakespearean play King Lear many characters are obsessed with being known or the opposite, being unknown. In a group discussion we came to the following conclusion, you always want what you don't have, but once you have it you no longer want it. It goes along with the saying "the grass is always greener on the other side". The best examples of this in the play are the two characters who want to be known, Lear and Edmund, and the two characters that do not want to be known, Edgar and Kent.
In the beginning of the story Lear gives away his crown and power but attempts to keep his title, so that he will remain known. Despite the fact that he retained the title of King, no one referred to him as it and that enraged him, he spent the entire play trying to be known, trying to make it to that greener grass.
Edmund was known as a bastard and was disliked because of the fact. He was attempting to change how he was known, instead of bastard by few, he wanted noble and great by many. He was known by few and not known well, he wanted the fame and fortune of his brother and friends, willing to sabotage and betray them in the process.
Both Edgar and Kent were well known and liked by many in the beginning of the play, but then had to disguise themselves and hide their identities later on to avoid danger. Both characters were known by far too many for the wrong reasons and had to make themselves less known in order to protect themselves and still aid the ones they love. Edgar was betrayed by Edmund and forced into his position by no fault of his own. Kent spoke out righteously against the King in defense of poor Cordelia. Kent refused to back down from his position and was banished by Lear.
In short, the characters that were known desired to be anonymous while the unknown characters craved fame and recognition. It is just like today's world, everyone wants to be famous and to be recognized by others, yet we always hear the news stories where celebrities beg for just one normal day where they can go about there business and not get recognized. Celebrities even disguise themselves sometimes just like Kent and Edgar in order to achieve anonymity.  We always want what we don't have and the grass is greener on the other side.