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Macbeth is considered one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedies about a Scottish tyrant's struggle for power and his fall. Breaking bad is a famous AMC TV drama about a chemistry teacher going bad and cooking meth when he is diagnosed with cancer. Though there are some disparities among their specific details, overall they are strikingly similar. In fact, the themes, character flaws, and concept of Shakespeare’s Macbeth are pervasive throughout AMC’s Breaking Bad. Both protagonists come to conflict with themselves when they meet a bump in their life. Three witches foretell Macbeth's rise to the throne. With his wife, Lady Macbeth, egging him on, he decides to kill King Duncan, his cousin and a guest in his castle. Walter White has a teenage son with physical disabilities and, at this point, a new-born daughter. Knowing he is going to die sooner rather than later, he wants to provide for them and what better way to earn some quick cash than to become the cook of the purest methamphetamine possible. Macbeth becomes corrupted by his power until it leads to his downfall. As Walter achieves his financial goal, he finds himself getting sucked down deeper in to the rabbit hole of darkness. If Macbeth had Lady Macbeth, Walter has his former chemistry student, Jesse. Both Lady Macbeth and Jesse do not at first think that the protagonist is capable of the deed. When the first murder is committed, both Lady Macbeth and Jesse finish up the dirty work for the protagonist. They both push the protagonist into the darkness. The themes, character flaws, and characteristics of Macbeth occur frequently throughout Breaking Bad. Though these stories take place in different settings, follow different plots, and belong to different genres, they have much in common.
P.S start watching Breaking Bad!(I deliberately stayed away from any spoilers so you can enjoy the show yourself.)
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