Who is doing Lit next year?

[jejak]

I always thought that Macbeth was the well-meaning but slightly thick cousin of all the other tragedies. It's much less cerebral in its concerns, and, of course, in what takes place. More of a gore-fest.

[EvangelionZeta]

Nah, Macbeth is pretty psychological in my opinion.  Even though there's a lot of blood and killing, everything except Act 2 is pretty much entirely focused on Macbeth and the consequences of his actions on the state of his mind.  Between the other Four Great Tragedies, Othello takes a lot longer to "get going" (ie. Act 1+2 are pretty much just setup), Hamlet is relatively dry at points (early Act Four, a lot of the political bits) and King Lear can be a bit longwinded and melodramatic at times.  Macbeth is certainly up there, even if it doesn't surpass Hamlet and Lear.  =)

If you want a crap tragedy, check out Antony and Cleopatra or Titus Andronicus.  The former is impossible to follow for half of the play, and the latter is just gratuitous gore.

[iffets12345]

How about we just agree that romeo and juliet is one of the worst ^^.

[Vadnal]

I'm in lit this year =]