Critics point to the fact that many of Shakespeare’s plays—and the plays of his contemporaries—were often bloody and violent. They also say that violence in Shakespeare’s plays is revelatory because...

Critics point to the fact that many of Shakespeare’s plays—and the plays of his contemporaries—were often bloody and violent. They also say that violence in Shakespeare’s plays is revelatory because it reveals the signifi cance of the morality of his age. Do you feel that modern violent fi lms are revelatory of the morality of our age?