Titus Andronicus
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Table of contents
- Cover1
- Title Page2
- Copyright Page3
- Note4
- Contents6
- Act I7
- Scene I. Rome. Before the Capitol—The Tomb of the Andronici Appearing7
- Act II12
- Scene I. Rome. Before the Palace12
- Scene II. A Forest near Rome. Horns and Cry of Hounds Heard13
- Scene III. A Lonely Part of the Forest13
- Scene IV. Another Part of the Forest16
- Act III18
- Scene I. Rome. A Street18
- Scene II. A Room in Titus’s House. A Banquet Set Out20
- Act IV22
- Scene I. Rome. Titus’s Garden22
- Scene II. The Same. A Room in the Palace23
- Scene III. The Same A Public Place24
- Scene IV. The Same. Before the Palace25
- Act V28
- Scene I. Plains near Rome28
- Scene II. Rome. Before Titus’s House29
- Scene III. Court of Titus’s House. A Banquet Set Out31
A triumphant general returns to Rome from a war against the Goths and descends into a vicious circle of revenge by refusing to show mercy to his conquered enemy. Blood begets more blood in Titus Andronicus, a fictional drama drawn from a tale by Ovid. Shakespeare styled this early play in the manner of a "revenge tragedy," a genre rooted in classical theater and enormously successful with Elizabethan audiences. Enacting grotesque incidents of rape, murder, and mutilation, this daringly experimental play explores the nature of justice and vengeance. Critical judgment of the drama ranges from dismissal as a panderer's concession to a bloodthirsty mob to praise as a skillful treatment of theatrical violence that examines suffering through the experience of art. Shakespeare's memorable tragedy questions whether revenge is ever justifiable, and its analysis of moral and political issues ― betrayal, familial loyalties, sexual violence, nationalism, racism―remains ever relevant.