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Article: Roman or Revenger?: The Definition and Distortion of Masculine Identity in Titus Andronicus.(Critical Essay)
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- Early Modern Literary Studies
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- May 1, 2004
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Roman or Revenger?: The Definition and Distortion of Masculine Identity in Titus Andronicus
Brecken Rose Hancock
University of New Brunswick
brecken.hancock@unb.ca
Hancock, Brecken Rose. "Roman or Revenger?: The Definition and Distortion of Masculine Identity in Titus Andronicus." Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004) 7.1-25
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In Titus Andronicus we see Titus fall victim to his own obsessive adherence to romanitas. By the end of the play, the very qualities he considers to be virtuous - sacrificial piety, constancy, and militarism - are those that lead to tragedy. He is eventually forced to abandon his ...