Macbeth

William Shakespeare · c. 1606 CE · Play · English · Renaissance

Three witches meet a Scottish general on the heath and greet him as the king he has not yet thought of becoming; his wife makes sure he acts on it. A crown taken that way has to be defended, and the rest of the prophecy is still waiting. Ambition unbound by conscience; prophecy as the rope a man hangs himself with.

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Lineage

↑ Richard III
William Shakespeare · c. 1593 CE · Play — prefigures this
↓ The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner · 1929 CE · Novel — takes its title from this
↓ Throne of Blood
Akira Kurosawa · 1957 CE · Film — adapts this
↓ All My Pretty Ones
Anne Sexton · 1962 CE · Poem — takes its title from this
↓ Out, Out—
Robert Frost · 1916 CE · Poem — takes its title from this

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Closest analogues

Richard III
William Shakespeare · c. 1593 CE · Play
59% · 14 shared
PlayTragedyPoliticalAmbition & HubrisPower & CorruptionGuilt & ConscienceRenaissanceShadowTragic ReversalThe Ghostvs SelfTragicGothicEnglish
Richard III
Laurence Olivier · 1955 CE · Film
55% · 11 shared
TragedyPoliticalAmbition & HubrisPower & CorruptionGuilt & ConscienceTragic ReversalBloodThe Ghostvs SelfTragicEnglish
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare · c. 1599 CE · Play
54% · 13 shared
PlayTragedyPoliticalPower & CorruptionFreedom vs FateRenaissanceTragic HeroTragic ReversalBloodThe Ghostvs SelfTragicEnglish
Boris Godunov
Alexander Pushkin · 1831 CE · Play
53% · 11 shared
PlayTragedyPoliticalAmbition & HubrisPower & CorruptionGuilt & ConscienceShadowBloodThe Ghostvs SelfTragic
Danton's Death
Georg Büchner · 1835 CE · Play
53% · 11 shared
PlayTragedyPoliticalPower & CorruptionGuilt & ConscienceFreedom vs FateTragic HeroTragic ReversalBloodvs Fate / GodsTragic
Cain
Lord Byron · 1821 CE · Play
50% · 12 shared
PlayTragedyGuilt & ConscienceFreedom vs FateTragic HeroShadowTragic ReversalBloodvs Selfvs Fate / GodsTragicEnglish