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## another sudden realization about King Lear

edettethegreat:

> edettethegreat:

> > Albany’s accusation against Edmund at the end is fully based around how Goneril wrote a letter to Edmund asking him to murder Albany and marry her.

> > Which is pretty similar to how, you know… Edmund wrote that letter from Edgar to him asking him to murder Gloucester, which is what started this whole mess.

> There’s a letter addressed to Edmund asking him to help the sender murder someone. Will it

> A) lead to him becoming the Earl of Gloucester

> B) lead to him getting stabbed to death

> Or C) Who Knows.

King Lear: a play where everyone dies, including Edmund

King Lear if Goneril would have never written that letter: a play where most of the relatively good people die, but Goneril and Edmund live happily ever after and rule England together

(Here’s a really bad take: I don’t think Edmund and Goneril would be that bad at ruling a country. Their main grievances are against their families, but neither of them seems to go out of their way to hurt other people. Edmund more than Goneril tbh. But I think that once given the power and respect they want so badly, they might be able to actually pull off running a kingdom well.)