PALLIAMENT, robe; I. i. 182. PATIENT; "p. yourself," i. e. be patient; I. i. 121. PERFORCE, of necessity; II. i. 107. PER STYGA, PER MANES VEHOR, i. e. I am borne through the Styx, through the kingdom of the dead; II. i. 135. PHILOMEL, the daughter of Pandion, ravished by Tereus, who afterwards cut out her tongue to prevent her exposing him; II. iii. 43. PHOEBE, Diana; (Qq., F. 1, "Thebe"); I. i. 316. PIECE, used contemptuously of a person; I. i. 309. PITCH, used of the height to which a falcon soars; II. i. 14. PITEOUSLY, in a manner exciting pity; (Heath conj. "pitilessly"; Singer (ed. 2), "piteousless"; Collier MS., "despiteously"); V. i. 66. PLOTS, Spots of ground; II. i. 115. POWER, armed force; III. i. 300; IV. iv. 63. PRESENT, immediate, instant; II. iii. 173. PRESENTLY, immediately; II. iii. 62; IV. ii. 166. PRIZE; "played your p.," "a technical term in the ancient fencing-school"; I. i. 399. PROGNE, wife of Tereus, to whom, in revenge for her sister Philomela, she slaughtered and served up his son Itys to eat; V. ii. 196. PROPOSE, be ready to meet; II. i. 80. PUT IT UP, put up with it; I. i. 433. PUT UP, i. e. sheathe your swords; II. i. 53. QUIT, requite, revenge; I. i. 141. QUOTES, observes, examines; IV. i. 50. RAPIER, small sword; IV. ii. 85. RESOLVE, tell; V. iii. 35. ROLLED, coiled; (Collier MS., "coiled"); II. iii. 13. RUE, pity; I. i. 105. RUFFLE, be turbulent and disorderly; I. i. 313. SACRED; (used ironically, with perhaps a quibble on the Latin use accursed); II. i. 120. SANGUINE, blood-colored; IV. ii. 97. SATURN, the planet of hate and gloom; II. iii. 31. SCATH, injury; V. i. 7. SECURE OF, safe from; II. i. 3. SELF-BLOOD, selfsame blood; IV. ii. 123. SEMIRAMIS, the queen of Assyria, proverbial for her voluptuousness and cruelty; II. iii. 118. SENSIBLY; "endowed with the same feelings as you"; IV. ii. 122. SEQUENCE; "in s.," one after the other; IV. i. 37. SEQUESTER'D, separated; (Qq., Ff., "sequestred"); II. iii. 75. SERVILE, slavish; (Q. 2, Ff., "idle"); II. i. 18. SHALL, will; IV. iv. 107. SIBYL, one of the Roman the Trojans to carry the wooden horse into Troy; V. iii. 85. Latin SIT FAS AUT NEFAS, be it right or wrong; (a popular phrase); II. i. 133. SITH, since; I. i. 271. -, since; IV. iii. 49. SLIP, Scion; V. i. 9. man SOLON'S HAPPINESS, alluding to Solon's saying that no can be pronounced happy before his death; I. i. 177. SOME DEAL, somewhat; III. i. 245. SOMEWHAT, Something; IV. i. 9. SOMEWHITHER, somewhere, to some place or other; IV. i. 11. SPEAK FAIR, humor; V. ii. 140. SPEED, succeed; (Delius conj. "speak"); I. i. 372. SPLEENFUL, hot, eager; II. iii. 191. SPURN, hurt, stroke; III. i. 101. SQUARE, quarrel; II. i. 100. shape; III. ii. 31. STALE, laughing-stock; I. i. 304. STAND ON, insist on; IV. iv. 105. STARVED, benumbed with cold; III. i. 252. STAY'D, detained; II. iii. 181. STILL, always, continually; III. ii. 30. constant; III. ii. 45. STINT, Stop, silence; IV. iv. 86. STOOD UPON, set a high value tpon; II. iii. 124. STRAIGHT, straightway, diately; I. i. 127. imme STUPRUM, violation; IV. i. 78. SUBSCRIBE, Submit; IV. ii. 130. SUCCEED, Succeeded; I. i. 40. SUCCESSANTLY, (?) following after another, or, perhaps, successfully; (Rowe, "successfully"; Capell, “incessantly”; Collier conj. "thou instantly"; Cartwright conj. "you instantly"); IV. iv. 113. SUCCESSIVE; "my s. title," "my title to the succession"; I. i. 4. SUPPOSE, Supposition; I. i. 440. SURANCE, assurance; V. ii. 46. SUUM CUIQUE, to every man his due; I. i. 280. SWARTHI, Swarthy, black; (Q. 1. TAKE UP, make up; IV. iii. 92. TEDIOUS, laborious; II. iv. 39. TEMPER, shape, mould; IV. iv. 109. -, mix; V. ii. 200. TOFORE, before; III. i. 294. UNCOUPLE, loosen the hounds; II. ii. 3. UNCOUTH, strange, perplexing; II. iii. 211. UNDERTAKE, answer for, guarantee; I. i. 436. UNFURNISH'D, deprived; II. iii. 56. UNJUSTICE, injustice; IV. iv. 18. UNROLL, uncoil; II. iii. 35. VIRGO, the constellation of that name; (in the old myth it represents Astræa, after she left the Earth); IV. iii. 64. VOICE, vote; I. i. 21. VOUCH, make good; I. i. 360. WAGS, moves; V. ii. 87. WEEDS, garments; I. i. 70. WELL SAID, well done; IV. iii. 63. WHAT, why; I. i. 189. WHO, whom; II. iii. 55. ; "have the w. of you," keep an eye upon you; IV. ii. 133. WIT, mental power; (Warburton, "will"); II. i. 10. WITH, by; II. iii. 78. WITTY, possessed of wit; IV. ii. 29. Wor, know; II. i. 48. WREAK, Vengeance; IV. iii. 33. WREAKS, resentments; IV. iv. 11. WRONGFULLY, wrongful; IV. iv. 76. STUDY QUESTIONS By JEAN M. VINCENT, A.B. GENERAL 1. What was the origin of the play? To what wellknown early writer are portions of the play directly traceable? 2. Give the date of the first printing of Titus Andronicus. 3. What is the general opinion of critics regarding the authorship of this play? 4. In the history of the Roman Empire what account is found of a war with the Goths? 5. What passion is this play the portrayal of? ACT I 6. Through what achievements has Titus Andronicus merited the favor of the Romans? 7. Upon what claims do Saturninus and Bassianus base their rights to the throne? 8. Describe the influence of Marcus Andronicus upon the entire action of the play. 9. To whom does Titus Andronicus refer as the "great defender of this Capitol?" 10. What plea does Tamora make to Titus? How does the refusal influence the future action? 11. What is the flaw in the character of Titus? 12. To what superstition does Lucius refer in lines 100 and 101 of scene i, when he says "That so the shadows be not appeased, Nor we disturbed with prodigies on earth." 13. How does Saturninus repay the honor done him by Titus Andronicus? 14. Is Saturninus' choice of an empress instigated by love or policy? 15. Describe the death of Mutius? How does it fur ther convey the impression of the degrading influence of forty years of war on Titus? 16. How does the character of Tamora appear in her advice to Saturninus-lines 442-455, scene i? ACT II 17. What are the ambitions of Aaron as revealed in his speech at the opening of Act II? 18. How is the revenge of Tamora worked out in the course suggested by Aaron to Demetrius and Chiron? 19. What two well-known proverbs are referred to by Demetrius? 20. What dramatic details in scenes i and ii suggest the doubt of the authenticity of the play? 21. How is Shakespeare's fondness of presentiments suggested by the troubled sleep of Titus? 22. Show how the plot is unfolded by the passage between Tamora and Aaron. 23. How is the motive power of Tamora felt through the entire play? What are her characteristics? 24. What is the story of Tereus referred to by Marcus? ACT III 25. Show the contrast between the characters of Titus and Lucius in the opening of this Act. 26. How does the extremity of sorrow affect the character of Titus? 27. What motive had Saturninus in asking for the hand of Titus? 28. Describe the nobility of Lucius in scene i How does he offer to spare his father? |