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

C 2025

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

POHLODKO, Danny

Základní údaje

Originální název

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

Autoři

POHLODKO, Danny

Vydání

1. vyd. Opava, Contemporary Approaches to Text Analysis / Moderne Herangehensweisen an die Textanalyse, od s. 168-191, 24 s. 2025

Nakladatel

Slezská univerzita v Opavě

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Organizační jednotka

Filozoficko-přírodovědecká fakulta v Opavě

ISBN

978-80-7510-619-3

Klíčová slova anglicky

ambition; betrayal; Shakespearean influence; tragedy; Macbeth; Julius Caesar; If We Were Villains

Štítky

SGS-7-2024, ÚCJ

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 13. 1. 2026 18:16, Mgr. Veronika Nogolová, PhD.

Anotace

V originále

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.

Citovat

POHLODKO, Danny. Ambition and Betrayal in If We Were Villains: The Influence of Macbeth and Julius Caesar. In NOGOLOVÁ, Veronika a Miroslav URBANEC (eds.). Contemporary Approaches to Text Analysis / Moderne Herangehensweisen an die Textanalyse. 1. vyd. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2025, s. 168-191. ISBN 978-80-7510-619-3.

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POHLODKO, Danny. Ambition and Betrayal in If We Were Villains: The Influence of Macbeth and Julius Caesar. In NOGOLOVÁ, Veronika a Miroslav URBANEC (eds.). \textit{Contemporary Approaches to Text Analysis / Moderne Herangehensweisen an die Textanalyse}. 1. vyd. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2025, s.~168-191. ISBN~978-80-7510-619-3.

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