Create a 4 page essay paper that discusses How would you characterize the relationship between Titus and his only daughter Lavinia in Shakespeare's early, blood Titus Andronicus What do you make of hi

Create a 4 page essay paper that discusses How would you characterize the relationship between Titus and his only daughter Lavinia in Shakespeare's early, blood Titus Andronicus What do you make of his killing her.

He is happy and declares his affection for her by daughter by wishing her a long life. In (I. i, 167) she adores her saying: “Lavinia, live, outlive thy father’s days”. It is evident that their relationship is his motivation to fight and come back from the battle after defending Rome so that her daughter can live old and happy in Rome.

Titus metaphorically uses ‘Ornament of Rome’ to mean Lavinia. This correlation shows his love for his daughter and the importance of Lavinia in his life. The use of the metaphor also shows that he holds her in very high esteem and that is why he was willing to go to the battle for her. He views her daughter as a decorative and someone worthy in Rome to be fought for. He is willing to kill even his own son to rescue her daughter when she runs way with Bassianus. This is also demonstrated when he thanks Rome for sustaining her daughter associating her with Rome’s rightness and his justification for going into war to rescue Rome. He says, “Kind Rome that hast thus lovingly restored / The cordial of mine age to glad my heart. /Lavinia, live. outlive thy father’s days, / And fame’s eternal date, for virtue’s praise” (I.i.169-171).

Lavinia reciprocates the love she receives from her father. She loves him and respects him for being a brave worrier. This shows that their love is mutual. Her love for his father makes her obey him in all ways and Titus believes that she would obey every decision he makes for her. This relationship, thus, can portray her as a submissive daughter who obeys her fathers in all ways. She regards him highly. this can be shown by her comprehension of her beauty which is molded on particularly what her father has told her. When Titus tells her that she is the richest ornament of Rome that is how she perceives herself because she is a girl who has not been exposed to the outer society other than to her father.

Her obedience to Titus is demonstrates when she reiterates the