Maybe it's that the hypostasis of the original Macbeth is burial or going to sleep, while the hypostasis of the rewrite is waking up happy? It's easy to feel depressed when very tired, and to confuse the two states. Best, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html