Why Is Gloucester Punished?
Why does Cornwall blind Gloucester? By sending Lear to Lear, who is technically a foreign invader, Gloucester may have committed treason against Regan, Goneril, and their husbands. If Gloucester is guilty of treason, he must be punished. How is Gloucester punished for his treason? Goneril, accompanied by Edmund, has gone back to her husband Albany …