Symbolism In Titus Andronicus

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Although the tomb of the Andronici in Act I of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and the pit in the forest in Act II are physical locations most likely represented by the same trap door on stage, they symbolize two disparate entities. The tomb symbolizes solace and an end to the daily, even lifelong, suffering of the Andronici. Titus refers to his sons as “Rome’s readiest champions” where they will no longer be accosted by treason or envy (Act I.1.154-156). The Andronici family is wrought with pain and suffering starting with the patriarch, Titus, and continuing down through the twenty-one sons that he has put to rest after they sacrificed their lives in the name of Rome. In fact, Titus refers to the tomb’s inhabitants as “Rome’s servitors” during