Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus,a tragedy by Shakespeare . It is probably his earliest tragedy and may date from 1590 ; in 1594 it was published in a quarto which was reprinted twice before its appearance in the First folio of 1623 , with an added scene (iii. ii). Shakespeare's authorship has been questioned, but it is now generally agreed that he was responsible for the whole play. Various sources for Titus Andronicus have been put forward, including the Hecuba of Euripides . Seneca 's Thyestes and Troades contributed to the plot, as did Ovid 's version of ‘the tragic tale of Philomel’, in Metamorphoses Book 13, and Plutarch .
The first half of the play deals with the return of Titus Andronicus to Rome after his sixth victory over the Goths. He brings with him their Queen Tamora and her three sons, the eldest of whom, Alarbus, is sacrificed to avenge his own sons' deaths. Titus is...
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