Talk:Slipping Realities

Shakespeare's tragedies focus on a disruption of the natural order and the chaos that follows. In Macbeth's case, the disruption is when someone attempts to usurp the throne. While an interesting argument that the play is sci-fi because of hallucintions being reality shifts or the witches' magic being interchangable with nano-bots is an interesting one, it doesn't exactly seem to work out when the logic is investigated. A piece's genre is defined by the writer's intent, so it doesn't matter how many people say it is A or B, because if the writer wrote it as C then C is what it is. Keep in mind though that I've just had four years of Shakespeare rammed down my throat so I may be getting WAY more into this than is appropriate XD. --Lloyd

See, but the disruption of natural order causing chaos is also a science fiction trope. In Macbeth, the disruption isn't that he tries to take the thrown, it's that his personal morals have been corrupted by Lady Macbeth, and the Witches have put the idea in his head that he is to be king. The regicide that follows is just the result of these two things.

When writing a story, or in this case a play, the writers intent is usually to show an idea, or draw attention to a problem, or even just to tell a story. It's generally the publisher that brands it with a genre, not the author. Also, because Shakespeare isn't around to correct me, I can pretty much say whatever I want about him.

Thankfully, I've only had Macbeth rammed down my throat. English class seems like it was made to ruin the fun of reading. I seriously hate annotating, it keeps me from actually reading and enjoying the books.--Concerned Reader 14:34, 26 June 2009 (UTC)