Empress Taymor's Titus: An Analysis
According to the late George Michael, “Sex is natural - sex is fun. Sex is best when it's... one on one”. But this is not the case for Shakespeare and Taymor’s lustful vision. In Titus, the audience witnesses the crucial role that sex plays in the story as it is present in every prominent character. It is evident in Empress Tamora’s sinful extramarital affair with Aaron the Moor, “we may, each wreathed in the other’s arms, our pastimes done, possess a golden slumber…” (II, iii, 26-27). Also, in the devious sexual violation of Lavinia by the speed freak punks, Chiron and Demetrius. The audience sees Lavinia dragged off into the woods but Taymor shields our eyes from the actual violence of the brutal situation. It leaves us with the impression