About this title: The spirit of revenge that permeates TITUS ANDRONICUS, Shakespeare's first tragedy, is ignited when Lucius, the son of the celebrated general, Titus, calls for a human sacrifice after waging a successful campaign against the Goths. The son of Tamora, the captive Queen of the Goths, is chosen for the role. As a patriot and high ranking general, it falls to Titus to name the successor of the throne. When Titus names Saturninus, the eldest of the Emperors two rival sons, Saturninus pledges to marry Titus's daughter, Lavinia. However, it had previously been arranged that Bassianus, the Emperor's ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Date Published: 01/2000
ISBN-13:9780606209472ISBN:0606209476
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover., In like new dust jacket. Library binding. read more
Description: Very good. SOFTCOVER. MMPB. Nice Condition Copy! Page tonning and slight underlining only. NO other names, writing, underlining, highlighting, bookplates, notations, tears, marks, price stickers, prior owner names, etc. NOT a Remainder or Ex-library book. read more
Binding: Full-Leather
Publisher: Sands & Co., London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1898
Description: Good. No Jacket. Pocket Falstaff Edition, pocket sized. Softcover, red leather with gold lettering and decoration; 5 3/4 inches (14.5 cm) tall; 104 pages; tight; no markings; slightly age-tanned; very minor wear inside; no dj; cover soiled and edgeworn. Many of the pages uncut hence book never read. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780671669157ISBN:067166915X
Description: Good. 067166915X Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Ex-Library book-on-tape with stickers and stampings. Clamshell has some typical wear. 2 cassettes. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780671669157ISBN:067166915X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. lightly worn on edges spine crease. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. slight shelf and cover wear, minimal hightlighting, most pages crisp and clean, 12-19-06half. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Arden Shakespeare. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"I will admit that I am definitely not a Sakespeare expert but read several plays in order to choose which enactment to see at the Stratford Festival. I didn't choose this one! This tradgedy was horrifying to read because of the sheer evilness of the characters and the outrageous violence throughout the story. There's deception, manipulation, rape, torture, gore and more gore. In my opinion, it isn't Shakespeare's most meaningful or enlightened work but it wasn't boring either. Hardly anyone escapes this story alive and the most redeeming quality, in my eyes, is that everyone in the end gets just what they deserve. This play must have shocked the audiences in the 1500's. If you're into violence and shock value this story won't disappoint"
"-This is a story of a power struggle over the roman empire; lots of murder, rape, and more murder. -The main character is a war hero who's sons are traitorous to his name, so he disowns them. The newly appointed Caesar wants the main character's daughter for his wife, as does the Gothic princes who's mother the Caesar weds. The princes are evil, as the queen. Every character is important to this story, as they either get killed or kill someone else. -The whole story is a very dark yet satirical view on how the republic of Rome was run. -There's a lot of irony used, and almost too much description. Shakespeare makes sure to keep us on our toes with who's going to be the next victim and doesn't hint on his next writings at all. -This play is the coolest play I've ever read/ experienced; it's a perfect play to keep reading because it keeps you interested with every single page turned. -Saturninus "Come on, then. Horse and chariots let us have, And to our sport. Madam, now shall you see Our Roman hunting." Theme of the play right here. -Martius "We know not where you left them all alive, But, out alas, here have we found him dead." No one can be trusted, everyone is out for each other's blood. -Tamora "Andronicus, I will entreat the King. Fear not thy sons; they shall do well enough." This describes the hidden cruel intentions the queen has; from the first time i read her and Caesar's name, i wanted to kill them my self. They're screwing up Rome and every single person in it."
"Titus is probably one of my favorite plays by Shakespeare. It is often overlooked because it is so sensational and seemingly unrefined. I personally think the play has a lot to offer in terms of themes, characters, and social issues. It is an incredibly rich text and probably an even better stage production (back in Shakespeare's time people loved Titus). Titus, a revenge tragedy, tells the story of a Roman general who returns from war to find that the emperor has died and he has been elected to lead the nation. Instead, he takes a fateful course, installing the emperor's selfish eldest son as emperor. The new emperor frees the prisoners of war that Titus has brought back with him and gives them power and status by marrying Tamora, the former Queen of the Goths. These prisoners of war, still sore from their loss, set out on a campaign to destroy Titus's life by going after his family. This play is tremendously tragic, but also humorous in its dark way. Rereading it this time I came across a number of wonderful lines that I had forgotten. It is an excellent play and look forward to seeing it when it comes to the Blackfriar's playhouse this summer and fall."
"A step away from Shakespeare's normal fayre here, he really goes for the blood bath, horrific violence, sadistic revenge story, gauranteed to bring the audiences in back then, just like today.
Instead of using jokes or songs worked into the play for some mass appeal this one was violence taken to an almost comic level.
It is well worth a read and if you are not a big Shakespeare fan it is distinct from his other works, so give it a try."
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