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Examples Of Cannibalism In Titus Andronicus

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William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus concludes in carnage topped with a touch of cannibalism. However, by investigating beyond the gory details of the bloody banquet and analyzing Shakespeare’s language, the play’s final scene resolves the central issue presented to the audience in Act I, Scene 1: should the heir to the imperial throne be decided through primogeniture or through merit as determined by the Senate and Tribunes? Following Titus’ decision to support Saturninus’ ascension to the throne, characters, and even Rome herself, have been dismembered, decapitated, and left asunder. A Gothic army is at the gates of Rome while the Emperor and his Empress are murdered at the hands of Lucius and Titus, respectively. At this point, Rome is
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