A Trio of Macbeth Variants

[selki]

Macbeth liked the idea of murder and had been thinking of it a lot, but he needed a push to get him started.  Once he'd got started he enjoyed murdering people and had no more qualms or fears.  Lady Macbeth was just greedy and ambitious.  She thought she didn't mind what she did to get what she wanted.  But once she'd done it she found she did mind

Comments

[flarenut]

Huh. I hadn't even thought of Wyrd Sisters as being a take on Macbeth. I wonder what the Ur-King-in_hiding story is.

[leiacat]

It's not very much of a parallel as the story develops, but it has a "when shall we three met again" scene early on to lead one in that direction.