Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus” satisfied the Elizabethan craving for macabre entertainment with its gruesome scenes of revenge. Influenced by Greek and Roman writers, the play depicts a Roman general’s descent into psychotic rage after the brutal rape of his daughter. Allusions to Seneca, Ovid, and Livy are present, and Shakespeare’s sources also include Plutarch, Horace, Virgil, […]