Titus Andronicus Monologues

Tamora, disguised as the spirit of Revenge, attempts to manipulate the seemingly mad Titus. Titus, feigning delusion, challenges her to prove her identity by destroying her companions, Rape and Murder.

Titus Andronicus pleads with the Roman tribunes for the lives of his sons, who have been condemned to death. He humbles himself, weeping and writing in the dust, offering his own sorrow in exchange for their mercy.

Titus admonishes Marcus for mentioning 'hands' in front of his mutilated daughter, Lavinia. He then vows to learn to communicate with her by interpreting her silent gestures and tears as a new alphabet.

A grief-stricken and increasingly unstable Titus instructs his kinsmen to search the ends of the earth and the heavens for Justice (Astraea), who he believes has abandoned Rome.