Titus Andronicus

E115192
play tragedy

Titus Andronicus is an early, highly violent tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows a Roman general’s brutal cycle of revenge and political downfall.

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Titus Andronicus canonical 10

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate 1591–1592 ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticForm stage play ⓘ
firstFolioPublicationDate 1623 ⓘ
firstQuartoPublicationDate 1594 ⓘ
form verse and prose ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasCharacter Aaron the Moor ⓘ
Bassianus ⓘ
Chiron ⓘ
Demetrius ⓘ
Lavinia ⓘ
Lucius ⓘ
Saturninus ⓘ
Tamora ⓘ
Titus Andronicus self-link ⓘ
includedIn First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ
surface form: First Folio
literaryInfluenceOn Jacobean revenge tragedy ⓘ
The Spanish Tragedy ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Elizabethan era
literaryTradition revenge tragedy ⓘ
mainCharacter Aaron the Moor ⓘ
Bassianus ⓘ
Lavinia ⓘ
Lucius ⓘ
Saturninus ⓘ
Tamora ⓘ
Titus Andronicus self-link ⓘ
notableFeature cannibalistic banquet scene ⓘ
depiction of racialized villain Aaron ⓘ
extreme onstage violence ⓘ
mutilation of Lavinia ⓘ
originalLanguage Early Modern English ⓘ
setting Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Rome
source Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
Senecan tragedy ⓘ
histories of ancient Rome ⓘ
structure five acts ⓘ
theme barbarism versus civilization ⓘ
family honor ⓘ
madness ⓘ
political power ⓘ
racial otherness ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
violence ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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William Shakespeare → notableWork → Titus Andronicus ⓘ
Shakespearean tragedies → includesWork → Titus Andronicus ⓘ
Shakespeare quartos → includesEditionOf → Titus Andronicus ⓘ
First Folio of Shakespeare → containsWork → Titus Andronicus ⓘ
works of William Shakespeare → includesWork → Titus Andronicus ⓘ
subject surface form: Works of William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus → mainCharacter → Titus Andronicus self-link ⓘ
Titus Andronicus → hasCharacter → Titus Andronicus self-link ⓘ
Indira Varma → theatreWork → Titus Andronicus ⓘ
Titus → basedOn → Titus Andronicus ⓘ
subject surface form: Titus (1999 film)
Titus → mainCharacter → Titus Andronicus ⓘ
subject surface form: Titus (1999 film)