In that she is seen as Rome's 'ornament,' she is the prize and the target of the masculine power-figures around her. ... Social and war-time duties are overthrown when Saturninus takes Tamora as his wife and makes her the Empress of Rome. ... /Tigers must prey, and Rome affords no prey/But me and mine" (3.1.54-6).3 At this point, Titus sees that the war he thought was ended-with the Goth's exodus to Rome-is not ended and is now at the of the city, and he and his family are the main prey of the Goth's warfare. ... Tamora's status of queen allows her to function wi...

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