There are many similarities between the television series “Breaking Bad” and the novel Macbeth. Both receive a prophecy that pushes them towards corruption to achieve a goal. Just like Macbeth’s cause for action is the prophecy that he will be king, Walter White’s cause for action is his cancer diagnosis. Both characters do what they do out of greed and corruption. Although Walter’s character begins doing wrong to save his family, power gets the best of him. Once both characters heard their prophecy they both did what they had to do to get what they wanted, causing them both to “break
