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Their conflict seems set to boil over into violence until a tribune, Marcus Andronicus, announces that the people's choice for the new emperor is his brother, Titus, who will shortly return to Rome from a victorious ten-year campaign against the Goths.
- Titus Andronicus. General of Rome and tragic hero of the play. Father of Lavinia and Lucius. Titus has spent the last ten years fighting Rome's enemies and winning honor for his country, yet his heroic deeds have taken so much out of him that he feels incapable of leading his country despite its desire that he be its new emperor.
- Tamora. Queen of the Goths, mother of Chiron and Demetrius. Though her very first speech shows her to be a caring mother who has an appreciation of the nobility of mercy, Tamora is associated with barbarism, savagery, and unrestrained lasciviousness.
- Aaron. Tamora's Moorish lover. Shakespeare only created four other black characters before the tragic hero Othello, and Aaron is the most substantial of the four.
- Lavinia. The only daughter of Titus Andronicus, she spurns Saturninus's offer to make her his empress because she is in love with Bassianus. She is brutally raped and disfigured by Chiron and Demetrius in the forest during the hunt.
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Jul 31, 2015 · Titus is then asked by his brother, the tribune Marcus, to stand as a candidate for Emperor of Rome. Instead, Titus names Saturninus as emperor.Saturninus’s first act as emperor is to choose Titus’s daughter Lavinia as his bride.
Marcus is Titus’ brother and a Roman tribune (an elected official). He advises Titus throughout the play and attempts to reason with him as he slides more and more into a vengeful rage. He survives the entirety of the play, assuring the Roman people along with Lucius that they will bring stability back to Rome.
After Demetrius and Chiron leave, Marcus enters and discovers Lavinia. Marcus is horrified and asks what has happened to her and who has cut off her hands. He asks why she doesn’t say anything, before he realizes that her tongue has been cut out.
Marcus Andronicus announces that the masses have decided his brother, Titus Andronicus, the valiant general who has just returned home in triumph from a ten-year war with the Goths, should decide who gains the throne.
Marcus is Titus’ brother and a Roman tribune (an elected official). He advises Titus throughout the play and attempts to reason with him as he slides more and more into a vengeful rage. He survives… read analysis of Marcus Andronicus.
