VLVL: What troubles Zoyd's sleep?

[Terrance]

Tim Strzechowski wrote:
> 
> > If the vast majority of readers agree that Brock is a very bad guy,
> > isn't it likely that Pynchon created a bad guy in Brock Vond?
> >
> > I think so.
> >
> 
> Well, I suppose.  But what if we use Macbeth as a comparison example?

Why? 


> 
> Shakespeare creates him as a "very bad guy."  

Pynchon created Brock Vond and BV is a very bad guy. 


And most readers/audience
> members would agree that he is a "very bad guy." 

Macbeth and BV are very bad guys. 


 But if he is a tragic
> figure, ought he not possess *some* goodness? 

Macbeth and BV are not tragic figures. 




(Note that I use Macbeth in
> this example rather than, say, a Hamlet or Othello, where the "goodness"
> factor is a bit more apparent in these).
> 
> Just piping in on this point, is all.
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Tim