For my Legacy of Literature project, the book I chose was
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel - one of the first that pioneered an entire genre. The story gives a detailed account of a quadruple murder of a wealthy Kansas family. A pair of parolees committed robbery and then killed the family of four. The book follows their psychological relationship, and the effects the crimes made on the lives of others. I saw the psychological aspect of the novel very relatable to that in Macbeth, and also clearly the theme of murder. The story is also simply a crime novel, which is a theme in itself that interlocks with the next work I chose.
The film I decided on was 'Double Indemnity', a 1944 American classic. Like the former work I selected, it relates very well to Macbeth. In the movie, a woman convinces an insurance salesman to help kill her husband. The man was easily swayed like Macbeth was, and the two met their fate as a result of their immoral choices. Both works are ones of crime, and underscore that misdeeds later result in punishment.
Have you read George Plimpton's Capote review? Mr. Holeman probably has it in that big,blue NYT Books of the Century, or you can read it here: http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/home/capote-interview.html
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