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A 7 page paper which examines what it is about ancient Rome that fascinates Shakespeare and how he depicts the classical Roman values in this particularly violent play. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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works, but the mastery of plot and characterization they exhibited made them uniquely his own. The Bard seemed to have a particular fondness for the people and culture of
ancient Rome, which was the setting for several of his plays. Biographer Park R. Honan suggests that this reflects a fascination with "Roman culture" that began during "his schooldays"
(127). Therefore, it comes as no surprise that the Roman classical world is controversially examined in what is believed to be Shakespeares first play, Titus Andronicus. While Shakespeare
incorporated the tragic style employed by literary contemporaries Thomas Kyd and Christopher Marlowe and also studied the works of Roman scholars and the poetry of Ovid to ensure historical accuracy,
Titus Andronicus was a complete work of fiction, an imaginative and often violently graphic depiction of a Roman society in decline (Honan 133). The play emerges as less of
a lesson in Roman history and more of a Shakespearean examination of the collapse of the Roman value structure and an attempt to find an answer to the question (if
there was one), what went wrong? First and foremost, Titus Andronicus is a consideration of family ties and whether or not they should take precedence over civic and social responsibilities
(Goodlad). Most of the plays conflict and considerable violence is generated by parents protecting their children. At the one end of the spectrum is the title character, a
respected Roman general and elder statesman. He returns to his homeland after a decade at war with only a few of his twenty-five sons surviving the conflict. At
the other end is his captive, the pregnant Tamora, the Queen of the Goths, her sons Chiron and Demetrius and her Moorish lover/slave, Aaron. After Saturninus has been selected
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