scene Tahi; Sheit well where should i start this bigdog aye well i guess Edmund and Regan are in command of the army to repel French invading forces. Regan is trying to keep Goneril and and Edmund apart. Goneril would rather loose the battle than to loose Edmund to Regan. Bruva Edgar is now disguised as a knight and gives Albany [Gonerils husband] the letter from Oswald about Goneril trynna get with Edmund and wants to kill Albany] But old mate Edgar is like aye u recon bro ill scrap Edmund cause its in the rules of knights or some sheit. The audience gets told by Edmund that he doesnt care which hoe he gets with just his aim is to destroy Albany lear and cordelia, making himself the undisputed ruler eh.
scene 2; French have had it handed to them and both lear and cordelia have been captured. Gloucester must hit the boost or he will be next.
Scene 3; Edmund send lear and Cordelia to prison[a guard has secret instructions to kill them both] they have reconciled. lear seems oblivious to everything else. Albany takes command, declaring Edmund a traitor. Regan trys to takes power for Edmund asserting that he is cornwalls successor. Goneril defends edmund but has a quick scrap with regan and it becomes clear that regan is in no position to protect edmund cause she has been poisoned by Goneril! Albany challenges Edmund to a duel against himself or any other knight who shall come hither. OHhh sheit! Big boy edgar takes up the call cause he is in full armour no one knows who he is. Edmund agrees to the duel and is mortally wounded[big shin to the jaw] As edmund lies dying albany confronts goneril with her letter to her lover, horrified by the turn of events she rushes away. Edgar reveals his identity and tells the court of gloucesters death and kents loyalty to lear. On the point of death Edmund shows signs of remorse. News is brought that regan has died of her sister poison and Goneril has stabbed herself. Edmund confesses the plot against Lear and Cordelia but its too late cause lear arrives with Cordelias body in his arms:( Broken hearted lear dies. Albany invites Edgar and Kent to rule the kingdom, But old mate kent indicates hes is kinda dying so he will not live to rule Edgar ends the play with his contemplation that those who have live the longest have endured the most and that his generation “shall never see so much, nor live so long”
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