After seeing some debate about whether or not Walt was punished enough by the end of Breaking Bad, and so I thought I'd throw out a few predecessors from literature, to at least clarify what kind of story that Vince Gilligan was telling. I believe, in the end, that it was a "be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it" story, a myth that tends to echo through many cultures and ages. Here's some examples.
