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The present research delves into metaphorical conceptualization of morality in Ferdowsi's Bahram Chobin story and Shakespeare's tragedy of Macbeth within a cognitive framework. The theory of conceptual metaphor is therefore used as the theoretical framework for this analysis. This research employs a descriptive, literary and analytical approach to analyse and compare the morality related metaphors in these works with the aim of comparing Ferdowsi’s and Shakespeare’s standpoints about moral values. The mentioned comparison is important because of the difference in nationality, culture, religion, and also the difference in life time of these two writers. Data collection is done bibleothecly. using Shahnameh (Khaleghi Motlaq 2007) for the epic of Bahram Chobin and the book of Macbeth. In this research, we specifically seek to find out: 1- which moral concepts in the stories of Bahram Chobin and Macbeth are adverted to, 2- in what way the metaphorical conceptualization of morality is done in these works, and 3- what facts are revealed about the attitudes of these two writers towards ethics through comparative study. The analysis of the data showed that the number and diversity of moral concepts to which Shakespeare refers, is more than the number and diversity of the ones to which Ferdowsi adverts. Number of morality-related metaphors in the tragedy of Macbeth is more than their number in the epic of Bahram. Shakespeare has referred to moral vices more than Ferdowsi and this, in turn, shows the prevalence of moral vices in Shakespeare's bio-society or in his lived experiences.