Abstract
Most editors and commentators writing about Macbeth or Richard the Third notice a resemblance between the two plays, but seldom does the comparison go beyond this eighteenth century comment: “Both Macbeth and Richard are soldiers, both usurpers; both attain the throne by the same means, by treason and murder; and both lose it too in the same manner, in battle against the person claiming it as lawful heir.” A few parallel passages have been pointed out, but there are many parallels that as far as I have been able to determine have not been noticed in the commentaries. It is my intention, therefore, to examine closely the resemblance between the two plays, calling attention to parallels, which may be so many and of such a sort as to require an explanation other than coincidence.
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