another sudden realization about King Lear
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.