ENGL 2148 Chapter : Titus Adronicus
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Early in the christian era, saturninus and bassianus, sons of the late emperor, contend for the crown of the roman empire. Andronicus, a roman famed for his victories over the barbarian goths to the north. Marcus andronicus, brother of titus, states in the forum that titus is the popular choice to succeed the late emperor. The sons, willing to abide by the desires of the populace, dismiss their factions. As the prominent men of the city go into the senate house, titus makes his triumphant entry into rome. He is accompanied by his surviving sons and by a casket containing the bodies of other sons. In his train also are tamora, the queen of the goths; her sons, alarbus, demetrius, and chiron, and her lover, aaron, a moor. Before the senate house, lucius, one of titus"s sons, demands that a gothic prisoner be sacrificed to appease the spirits of his dead brothers in the casket.
