Analysis Tragic Element In Titus

Andronicus And Coriolanus

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 SYNOPSIS TITUS ANDRONICIS

Titus Andronicus is considered Shakespeare's first tragedy and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays
of his contemporaries, which were hugely popular with audiences throughout the 16th century.Titus, a Roman army general, presents Tamora,
Queen of the Goths, as a slave to the new Roman emperor, Saturninus. Saturninus took her as his wife.

From this position, Tamora vowed revenge against Titus for killing her son. Titus and his family retaliate, causing a cycle of violence.Titus
Andronicus was initially very popular, but by the late 17th century he was not well regarded. The Victorian era disapproved of it, largely
because of its graphic violence. Its reputation began to improve around the middle of the 20th century, but it is still one of Shakespeare's most
dishonorable plays.
 TRAGIC ELEMENTS IN TITUS
ANDRONICUS

Titus Andronicus is about a fictional Roman general who returns from war. She has some hidden composure: Queen
Tamora of the Goths,third child, and lover. Titus killed Tamora's firstborn son. Tamora's surviving sons raped Titus’daughter,
Lavinia, and then cut off her tongue and hands. Titus' two surviving sons were accused of murder and executed. Titus killed
Tamora's two surviving sons and cooked them into a cake which he tricked Tamora into eating. He then killed Tamora and the
murder by Tamora's husband, who was then killed by Titus' only surviving son, who later became the new Emperor.
 Some tragic element in Titus andronicus

1. Tragic Hero
Titus Andronicus is the earliest tragedy and the earliest Roman play attributed to Shakespeare. Its tragic hero Titus acts in many ways as the model Roman,
even though
he makes a series of tragic errors.

2. Tragic Resolution In Titus Andronicus

At the end of a tragedy, water covers the ruins of the tragic figures. Those who continue to pay tribute to the dead, invite a sense that life will go on, that society
has learned something useful from this sad event. Most critics assert that in Titus Andronicus, the new alliance between Andronici and the Goths, with Lucius
as leader and Lucius Jr. as wings, representing the solution to Rome's dilemma, new life after a tragic event. But despite the alliance and Lucius' eventual
coronation, it is Aaron and his black son who signal new hope for this tragic world, thereby undermining the play's representation of black people as
stereotyped symbols of dramatic crime.

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3. Tragic Flaw

Titus Andronicus, however, appears at first glance to be as austere or at least problematic as examining this phenomenon. Despite the obvious vengeful theme
throughout the game, Titus appears for most of the game to be both Stoic and loyal, opinionated, so traits not normally considered to be lacking in character.
However, it is the unexploded depth of Titus' loyalties that eventually give rise to the character and thus the most frequent personality trait, could in the
context of Titus Andronicus, be seen as tragically flawed. It is indeed Titus' inability to see beyond his allegiance to Roman tradition and law as well as family
and personal honor that ultimately leads to the loss of each of these things in turn and ultimately to Titus' own worth. While not as clearly flawed as some of
SHAKESPEARE's other protagonists, Titus' warning against rigid and dogmatic loyalties and the violent consequences that these loyalties can be subject to is
sure to be well received.

4. Tragic Revenge
Titus achieves his revenge by killing Tamora's sons and serving them up to her at a banquet, and then killing her. He himself is killed by Saturninus and his
death avenged by Lucius, who is made emperor. This production contains smoke effects, gunshots, sexual content, with violent and potentially
distressing scenes.

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 Synopsis Coriolanus

Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes) is a respected general but this time Coriolanus' position seems to be at a disadvantage. He is in a cornered
position and ambition does not help at all.Coriolanus' prowess on the battlefield is no longer in doubt.

It was also from the battlefield that Coriolanus' career in politics began. Unfortunately, in the political arena, Coriolanus is nothing.
Coriolanus failed to win the sympathy of the people and now the people hate him. When the public demanded that Coriolanus be exiled,
the government could do little.Revenge burned in Coriolanus' heart.

He felt betrayed by his own people. At the lowest point in his life, all he can think about is revenge and the only person who can
make his dream come true is Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler), a man who has been his arch enemy.
 Tragic Elements In Coriolanus

The story of Coriolanus is adapted in modern times against the backdrop of the war between the Romans and the Volscians. The Roman army is led by a general
named Caius Martius (Ralph Fiennes) who is strict, authoritarian and does not hesitate to commit violence against demonstrators of the civilian population.
Meanwhile, the Volscian army was led by a general called Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler) who was tolerant, friendly and liked by the people. The two of them are
sworn enemies who have often met and fought with hatred ingrained in their hearts.

In his last battle, Caius Martius won or the author could say his series of fights and was given the honorary title of "Coriolanus" by the senate council. Meanwhile,
Tullus Aufidius stayed away from the city of Antium. Both were injured. Caius' actions so far are the result of his mother's upbringing, Volumnia (Vanessa Redgrave),
who has experienced great difficulties in her son's career. After succeeding in the military field, Caius tried a career in politics and was proposed to become a consulate
by the senate council but had a weakness, namely being disliked by the public because of his character and attitude which did not side with the people. Given that at
that time the condition of the city of Rome was in food difficulties and poverty and when Caius became general, iron fist force was applied to face the people.

The strategy for dealing with war is certainly different from the strategy for dealing with the people. For this reason, Caius with the help of senator Menenius
wanted to change his image to be more pro-people and the results were not bad. But senators Brutus (Paul Jesson) and Sicinius (James Nesbitt) incite the people not to
elect Caius to be the consulate.In the opinion hearing on television, Caius, who released his emotions, was brought into an unfavorable atmosphere, the words that
were spoken and exploded were counterproductive which caused him to be expelled from the city of Rome. Hatred, sorrow and a desire for revenge filled his mind.

For that he was willing to join his great enemy Tullus Aufidius who was in Antium. With the same vision and mission of wanting to attack the city of Rome,
Caius, who was filled with burning revenge, led troops to attack his homeland. Nothing could prevent or persuade him not to attack the city of Rome including senator
Menenius. But the mother's persuasion was finally able to melt and melt that feeling of revenge. It is impossible to expect Caius to return to defend the city of Rome.
The mother suggested that a win-win solution, namely a peace treaty, Caius could represent Volscian to arrange the agreement so that it was not a criminal label that
was earned but a hero's stamp.
 Some Tragic Elements In Coriolanus
1. Tragic hero
Coriolanus meets the criteria for a tragic hero character. He was a high-born person from one of the wealthiest families in Rome. He was a fierce and
noble soldier, a hero in battle, who then became a political leader. And he had some fatal flaws that helped bring about his downfall. One of these was an
unhealthy close relationship with his mother, who manipulated him into unfortunate circumstances. Another flaw was his refusal to listen to or even
acknowledge the common people that he ruled. Finally, as we often see today, Coriolanus' prowess on the battle field did not translate well to political
leadership.

2. Tragic Paradox
Coriolanus is an example of a hero who refuses to be represented as one. But this refusal was not motivated by an overdeveloped sense of decency or
an egalitarian morality. Coriolan's unprecedented scorn of the plebeian should dispel any temptation we might have to associate it with the ethics of a
romantic revolutionary. On the other hand, in its reliance on courage, Coriolan's ethics were premodern rather than modern, Roman than Christian. The
theme of Shakespeare's plays is the impossibility of maintaining this ethic in a world that has experienced the upheaval of the center by the egalitarian
periphery. When center is in principle accessible to everyone, centrality can no longer be justified, as it was in Homer's day, by being the "best" among
warriors. What Coriolanus hated was the appearance of plebeians in his place of representation. For once centrality is no longer decided on the battlefield,
it loses its significance to the fighter and becomes a mere toy in the hands of the spin doctors. It was this more discursive and less violent form of heroism
that Coriolanus feared and loathed because it threatened his more assertive claim to the sole center.

3. Tragic Superfluity
Shakespeare's plays provide the historical idea with better classical, medieval exposition, and Renaissance body-politics metaphors than the story of
Menenius' belly in the first scene of Coriolanus. It is entirely possible to put oneself in a position where Menenius would place a Roman plebeian, take his
organic analogy as an example of drama and politics, and read Coriolanus as the tragic failure of the Roman state to fulfill its own organic ideal.In The
State in Shakespeare's Greek and Roman Plays, James E. Phillips, Jr. wrote, If...we take Menenius's speech in the bowels as the key to the political
structure and action of the play, we can immediately see that these are not the masters of tragedy alone or just people. Part of the problem with such an
approach, which takes dramatic quotations as evidence of some structure in Renaissance politics, is that it tends to ignore the political context of
Shakespeare's drama.
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Caius agreed to sign the peace treaty but Tullus Aufidius felt
betrayed
by the decision. In the end, Caius was beaten to death by Tullus'
men
after the signing. A tragic drama story that makes people think that
there is very thin line between hero and criminal.

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