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By Robin Christopher Ryan - September 26, 2005

The Real Hero of Titus Andronicus The Other Within: Aaron the Moor in Titus... Moving Towards Disaster: The Motif of Revenge in... Shakespeare's Barriers of Language Aaron as a Purely Evil Character THE COMPARISON OF HUMAN NATURE THROUGH THE STUDY... Where's The Motivation?

Charles Forker argues that Marcus Andronicus, upon discovering the maimed, raped and mutilated Lavinia, "erects a barrier of fanciful language between himself and the object of his contemplation." It is an interesting question: does Marcus create an elaborate metaphor comparing Lavinia to a "lopped and hewed" tree in order to escape the horrifying…

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