1. Compare and Contrast: King Lear and Titus Andronicus
If words don't hurt then why do they cause intensive pain? In Titus Andronicus and King Lear, words are seemingly lessened to nothing and bodies are degraded to unhappiness. In both plays, Shakespeare lessens language and bodies to their deepest levels. Characters fail to reach their full potential of their self as defined by social or domestic expectations unexpectedly due to the destruction forced on them by both their society and of their family. In Act I of Titus Andronicus, Lavinia is praised as "Rome's rich ornament" and Titus's "cordial of mine age to glad my heart"; she ...
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