Here is the link to a New York Times article on the Mendez brothers, who were sentenced to life in prison for killing their wealthy parents in order to gain their inheritance from them. According to the article, Lyle and Erik Mendez strategically planed to murder both their parents, and managed to carry out such a horrible plan in their Beverly hills home on August 20, 1989.
In Macbeth, we see a theme of greed throughout the book once the three witches tell Macbeth his prophecy. In order to fulfill the prophecy, Macbeth kills king Duncan so he could rule over Scotland. The Mendez brothers new that they could receive the wealth from their parents and were eager to speed up the process. Both incidents show an incredible amount of greed, but they were soon punished for their awful acts of selfishness.
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