The Duke of Albany is blind to the fact that his wife Goneril is planning an affair with Edmund. He loyally stands by his wife during the battle with France. Albany is rudly confronted with the truth when Kent gives him the letter which he intercepted form Oswald.
Both Gloucester and Lear are men that have made all the wrong decisions when it comes to trusting people. Gloucester's physical blindness is symbolic of Lear's metaphoric blindness. Both men parallel each other by having one loyal and one disloyal children, they also give their throne to the dishonest one and cast out the loyal child. Additionally, both men refuse good consule and refuse the truth. Gloucester children remove his eyes but Lear has gone mad in the storm.
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