ENGL 2148 Lecture : Titus Notes
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Spent last ten years fighting rome"s enemies. Heroic deeds have taken a lot out of him, doesn"t want to lead country. At first, is a model of piety because of how much he adheres to tradition. Strict adherence to tradition causes enemies to take revenge: tamora: Family tree: has a child he is extremely protective of. Spurns saturnius" offer to be made empress. Raped and disfigured by chiron and demetrius during the hunt. Doesn"t murder anyone or commit a crime. Voice of reason in contrast to the crazy shit happening: saturnius: Family tree: oldest son of former emperor; brother- bassianus. Eldest son of the late emperor of rome. Titus advocates for him to be emperor; ungrateful. Chooses tamora as empress, giving her the power to fuck with rome and titus" family. Impatient with (and threatened by) the andronici; wants them out of power: bassianus: He steals her away, forcing titus to kill his son, and saturnius to hate the andronici.
