Category: Communication

Act 1 Scene 1 Summary Part 2

January 8, 2015 / / 1 Comment

Titus Andronicus

Setting:

Rome, Italy outside the tomb

Characters:

Captain                                                                                                                                                                   Titus Andronicus                                                                                                                                                   Lucius                                                                                                                                                                   Tamora                                                                                                                                                                 Chiron                                                                                                                                                               Demetrius

Events:

Titus Andronicus returns from the battle against the Goths with 2 prisoners the queen Tamora and her son Alarbus. He is standing outside a tomb where he will place yet another son. Lucius asks to burn Tamora’s son as a tribute/ritual to the Gods. This includes cutting limb by limb off and then the skin and then burn the rest of it. Tamora’s then tries to persuade Titus to change his mind about it to say you have been in this position many times before so don’t break my heart as well. Titus ignores her outcry and goes ahead with it. In the end he places the coffin with his son in the tomb.

Themes:

I think the theme of revenge is the main theme throughout this part.

Quotations:

Titus, unkind and careless of thine own, why suffer’st thou thy sons, unburied yet, to hover on the dreadful shore of Styx?

Explanation:

This quote suggests to me that Shakespeare is asking Titus Andronicus how many more sons will you have to lose in battle. However, he is getting older and therefore is not able to make any more sons so he might eventually end up with no sons. This language feature is a rhetorical question and is designed to put a different thought into our heads as the reader.

Act 1 Scene 1 Summary Part 1

January 7, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Titus Andronicus

Setting:

Rome, before the Capitol

Characters:

Saturninus, son of dead emperor, older.     Bassianus, son of dead emperor, younger.                                                           Marcus Andronicus, brother of Titus Andronicus.

Events: 

Bassianus and Saturninus, both son of the emperor that died, are bickering over who should become the new emperor. Bassianus says that because he is older by rights he should be the new emperor. Bassianus suggests that he is a better leader and can lead Rome to better places than maybe Saturninus. However, Marcus Andronicus comes out and says that the final decision is that Titus Andronicus will become the new emperor because he is a noble and brave warrior and will make Rome a better place.

Themes:

The theme is mainly competitiveness as the sons of the emperor are trying to earn their right to the throne.

Quotation:

Marcus Andronicus, so I do ally.                 How fair the tribune speaks to calm my thoughts.

Explanation:

I have picked these quotes because Saturninus and Bassianus shows their almost recognition to the decision made. Inspite of the fact that the person picked to be future emperor not being in Rome they still accept the decision and with no retaliation offer their true support to Titus Andronicus.

 

 

 

 

 

My Own Elegy

December 11, 2014 / / 2 Comments

Please, please just listen to me

I have something important to say to you

I will always will be

With you like the colour blue

 

We may not be together physically

But we always will be with emotions

This might be quizzically

But we aren’t just a drop in the ocean

 

I know your heart was broken

The day it was over

I mostly miss the practical jokes

But hated the snow in late October

 

Please, please listen to me

I have something to say however

I loved when we were at sea

I will be with you FOREVER!!!!!!!!!

This is Your Online Domain

May 26, 2014 / / 0 Comments

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