Conversations with the Brother

MY BROTHER: Oh! Well, she's just trying to a pull a...what's the name of that thing...Macbeth! She's trying to pull a MacBeth!
ME: (Laughing) What are you talking about?
MY BROTHER: Macbeth! You know...
ME: Macbeth is a play by Shakespeare.
MY BROTHER: I know.
ME: So what does that have to do with anything?
MY BROTHER: Isn't Macbeth the one where everyone dies at the end?
ME: A lot of people die at the end of a lot of Shakespeare plays.
MY BROTHER: Well, whatever then. She's trying to pull a Shakespeare.
(I'm still laughing)
MY BROTHER: What?! Doesn't everyone die at the end of Macbeth?!
ME: Yes. Many people die at the end of Macbeth. But many people also die at the end of Richard III and King Lear and Hamlet-
MY BROTHER: HAMLET!! That's it! Yeah, yeah...Hamlet. Avenge my death. She's trying to pull a Hamlet.