Month: January 2015

Setting:

Capital

Characters:

Saturninus, Titus Andronicus, Lavinia, Bassianus, Marcus Andronicus, Lucius, Mutius, Tamora

Events:

Saturninus agrees to marry Lavinia but then his eyes the beauty that was Tamora and fall in love.

Themes:

Anger, murder, guilt and revenge

Quotation:

These words are razors to my wounded heart

Explanation:

Titus Andronicus describes Saturninus words as razors towards his broken heart.

Setting:

Temple of the recently deceased emperor.

Characters:

Titus Andronicus, Marcus Andronicus, Lavinia, Saturninus, Lucius, Bassianus, Tribunes.

Events:

Lavinia greets her noble Lord father.

Themes:

The core theme of this extract is based around decision making for Titus Andronicus.

Quotation:

To appease their arguing shadows that are gone.

Explanation:

This is taken from when Tamora is begging for her eldest so to be spared. And so Titus Andronicus decides that he will die. Titus continues with this, meaning that it would be a justified sacrifice, for when he is killed it will put all the souls of the dead soldiers to rest.

Setting:

Temple of the recently deceased emperor.

Characters:

Captain, Titus Andronicus, Lucius, Tamora, Chiron, Demetrius

Events:

Titus Andronicus has become the new emperor (the new emperor).

Themes:

Revenge, torture

Quotation:

‘O cruel, irreligious piety’

‘Whose smoke, like incense, doth perfume’

Explanation:

the first quote was said by Tamora as she said to give the goth people a responsible death for the sake of respect and religion.

The second quote was said by Lucius and he said the deaths and sacrifices of which they burnt smelt good to indicate that the deaths were done.

Setting:

Rome, The Tomb of the ANDRONICI.

Characters:

Titus Andronicus, Saturninus, Bassianus

Events:

Titus Andronicus is going to be elected to be the emperor of Rome, however, Saturninus and Bassianus (Titus Andronicus friends) are arguing about who should become emperor of Rome between them both.

Themes:

Acceptance – the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered.

Quotation:

‘Marcus Andronicus, so I do ally’

‘In thy uprightness and integrity,’

‘And so I love and honour thee and thine,’

Explanations:

This is Saturninus and Bassianus explaining why they should become emperor, but instead they are arguing over who should become emperor. They don’t think that Titus Andronicus should be emperor, they don’t think his worthy.