By Ben Pomeroy for The Week, 14 April 2015
In the works of William Shakespeare, destiny, betrayal, and murder are all but required for any successful rise to power. That treacherous triad is also on full display in Netflix’s addictive political drama House of Cards.
The first two seasons made Frank Underwood’s Shakespearean influence quite plain. But the third season gives us the opportunity to focus on the power couple’s better half, Claire Underwood, and her uncanny parallel to the Bard’s Lady Macbeth.
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