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Question (possible spoilers)....

posted 7 years ago by AmyJune1989
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So I was re-watching this series for the first time in several months yesterday and was near the end of the final episode (the scene where Morgan meets Queen Igraine in private and kills her) when I realized that I had misheard some of the dialogue: Almost immediately after being stabbed, Igraine tells Morgan that Uther "was going to have you (her) killed, just like your mother" before Igraine pleaded for him to spare her (we are supposed to assume that Morgan's mother--who is never mentioned by name--was murdered solely so that Igraine could take her place). But, in the beginning of the first episode (in which she confronts both Igraine and Uther), her father tells her "I sent you to the nunnery for an education." This confused me quite a bit with regard to his motives, so I can't help but wonder: Was he really only planning to kill her just so that she would be "out of the way" (so to speak), or did she do something that was considered a capital offense under the laws (such as witchcraft)? Or maybe both?

Thanks in advance,
Amy

[–] pol-edra 7 years ago

I doubt she did witchcraft before being sent to the nunnery. Presumably that is where she learned witchcraft (in this series as in medieval literature).
My guess is Uther wanted her dead because he wanted Igraine as his queen and his offspring by Igraine to inherit his lands. But after Igraine pleaded with him, he relented and sent her away. Of course he isn't going to admit to his daughter that he wanted her dead but let his wife change his mind, hence his use of the "official version": that she was sent away for her education.

"Occasionally I'm callous and strange."