In fact Shakespeare can be pretty violent too, here's a summary of his
Titus Andronicus with the nasty bits in red, what a great mini series it'd make..
Bassianus, Saturninus' brother, objects to the proposed marriage of Saturninus and Lavinia because Lavinia is already betrothed to him. With the help of Lavinia's brothers,
he abducts her.
Titus is angered and
he kills his son Mucius when he tries to prevent Titus from pursuing the lovers.
Tamora's sons Demetrius and Chiron share the lovely Lavinia by
taking turns raping her in the seclusion of a forest.
Not only do they rape her, they also mutilate her,
cutting off her hands and tearing out her tongue.
They
kill Bassianus and throw him in a pit
Later [after more plot twists and turns] the evil Aaron says that Saturninus will free the sons of Titus if Marcus, Lucius, or Titus cuts off his hand and sends it to the emperor. It is Titus, though, who allows Aaron to
cut off his hand and take it to Saturninus. Within a half hour, however, the emperor returns the hand,
together with the heads of Titus's imprisoned sons, in a show of scorn and contempt.
The loss of his sons takes a severe toll on Titus. He begins to go mad.
Meanwhile, Tamora has a baby. It is obviously Aaron's because it has the dark complexion of a Moor. Worried that the emperor will find out about it, Tamora wants it killed. Aaron has other plans.
First,
he kills the baby's midwife and nurse to keep secret the baby's existence. Next, he substitutes a white baby for his own, then leaves with his child to go to the Goths to have them raise it.
Titus
cuts the throats of Tamora's sons Demetrius and Chiron, then has a pie prepared of their flesh and serves it to Saturninus and Tamora.
He kills Lavinia to put her out of her misery, then
kills Tamora.
Saturninus
kills Titus in retaliation, and
Lucius kills Saturninus.
Lucius takes command of Rome as the new emperor
and orders Aaron to be buried up to his chest and starved to death. 
