I think a similar fate awaits Frank and his wife. The most poetic ending would have them turning on each other.
“I think a similar fate awaits Frank and his wife. The most poetic ending would have them turning on each other.”
Probably, but I think it is still different. We know Macbeth is doomed. He is not an anti-hero so much as a classically deluded weak man who destroys himself by doing something he knows is wrong. I think many modern works have us instead cheer for the anti-hero and get us to hope or almost hope they get away with it. That’s what I thought with the original. We wanted him to get away with it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Cards_(UK_TV_series)
Ian Richardson insisted his character had to be destroyed in the final series so that evil would not win. (But in a way it does because he is assassinated - as arranged by his wife - to protect his reputation and their retirement fund).
Final scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Goqw0fDMbUg