Ambition and Betrayal in If We Were Villains: The Influence of Macbeth and Julius Caesar

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ambition and Betrayal in If We Were Villains: The Influence of Macbeth and Julius Caesar
Original language description
If We Were Villains (2017) by M.L. Rio is a contemporary novel that explores themes of ambition, betrayal, and identity within a group of young theatre students whose lives begin to mirror the tragedies they perform. This paper analyses how Rio draws from Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1623) and Julius Caesar (1599) to shape her characters’ motivations and moral conflicts, using these works to deepen themes of power, loyalty, and self-destruction. By examining the blurred boundaries between performance and reality, this article highlights how the novel reinterprets Shakespearean tragedy to reflect modern struggles with identity, ethical compromise, and the consequences of ambition, demonstrating the influence of Shakespeare on contemporary storytelling.
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
Contemporary Approaches to Text Analysis / Moderne Herangehensweisen an die Textanalyse
ISBN
9788075106193
Number of pages of the result
24
Pages from-to
168-191
Number of pages of the book
311
Publisher name
Slezská univerzita v Opavě
Place of publication
Opava
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