Titus Andronicus story
26 total · 3 choice · 13 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| hate begets hate | choice | the plot was an ever-escalating cycle of hate between Titus and Tamora |
| the desire for vengeance | choice | Tamora plotted vengeance on Titus and Rome |
| vendetta | choice | Titus and Tamora had an escalating cycle of vengeance going. |
| anarchy | major | due to the escalating vendetta, political order broke down and civilized Rome became as barbarous as the Goths that Titus had fought on Rome's behalf |
| brother and brother | major | Tamora's sons; Titus' sons |
| coping with having been raped | major | Lavinia was more distraught at having been raped than for her gruesome mutilations, we understand |
| coping with the death of a child | major | Tamora begged in vain for Titus to spare her oldest son, who was then gruesomely sacrificed. Titus killed his own son and reacted callously afterwards. Titus grieved after he received his two remaining sons' heads. |
| descent into madness | major | after lopping his own hand off, Titus became evermore disheveled |
| extramarital affair | major | Tamora had a mixed-race child by Aaron conceived behind her husband Saturninus' back |
| father and daughter | major | Titus and Lavinia |