Demetrius And Chiron In Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus

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The above quote is from Demetrius, a character in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. Demetrius and Chiron are the sons of Tamora. They both claim to “love” Lavinia, and this conversation happened in their open quarrel during Aaron’s presence. Aaron takes advantage of them and uses them to run his plot of revenge. From this point of view, this scene blows Aaron’s trumpet of revenge.
As we can read from the context, Demetrius’ (and Chiron’s) meaning of “love” is not love. Demetrius only attracted to Lavinia by her beauty and whether Lavinia is willing to or not, all he wants to do is having sex with her. In particular, “What, man, more water … steal a shive” is a sex innuendo about how Lavinia is married and is no longer a virgin, therefore, it’s