The Body Makes the Writing: Discourse of Power and the Body in William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus

Sažetak

This article attempts to analyse the body motif in William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Titus Andronicus. The main idea of the article is that Shakespeare treats the body as a part of his me­dium of expression and communication. As such, the article shows the deconstruction of stereotypes and the concept of fe­male body as a passive and powerless means of communication. The article analyses the process that leads to and from the horri­fic violation of Lavinia’s body, to her death. Also, the article shows how the presence of Lavinia’s raped and mutilated body becomes an agent in writing and righting her body’s violation. Lavinia is shown as a monologue of the body, which subverts the unheard words to heard words through which her body gains revenge.