Titus Andronicus | Aaron

Often referred to as the Moor, he is a darkskinned adventurer and mercenary soldier who fought with the Goths against Rome. He is Tamora's lover, and one of the captives Titus leads into Rome in I.i. Aaron is also the chief villain of the play. As a dramatic character, he has a richly complex and ambiguous appeal.

On the one hand, he is the embodiment of evil. At II.iii.39, he tells Tamora, "Blood and revenge are hammering in my head." Yet we are not shown or told of any specific injury or injustice that he has suffered from the Andronici—except, in the course of war, to be...

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