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Titus" by William Shakespeare, Titus was a neat and honorable man. Titus love and cherished his daughter Lavinia. He was a traditionalist, and stuck by his morals. Titus was brave. He showed he was loyal to those he cared for. He honored his family. Titus was a respected soldier and leader.     Titus was a decent man because he loved and cherished his daughter Lavinia. Being Lavinia was his only daughter of twenty-six children he spoke highly of her. In act 1, Titus addresses the public by say "Kind Rome, that hast thus loving reserved, The cordial of mine age to buoyant my heart. Lavinia live, outlive thy fathers days, and fames eternal date, for virtues praise" (138). He is describing the link between Lavinia and his heart, and notification her to outlive, and go beyond him. In act 3 Titus shows he would do anything for Lavinia after her hands were chop upped off. He says "Give me a sword, Ill chop off my hands too" (194). Being willing t o sacrifice his get hands for his daughter shows his deep love for her. Lavinia means so frequently to Titus, that in act 3 he explains "But that which gives my soul the superior spurn, Is dear Lavinia, dearer than my soul" (195), meaning his dear Lavinias misery is giving his soul the greatest amount of hurt. After comparing Ovids description of the forest to whither Titus and his sons hunted, he cries out "O had we never, never hunted there Patterned by that the poet here describes, By nature made for discharges and for rapes" (214). Titus cares so much for his daughter that he is blaming himself for hunting in a place that is set for a murder or rape to occur.     Being a traditionalist is another reference that made Titus an honorable man. In act 1 Titus shows his respect for apparitional tradition by telling Tamora, "Alive and dead, and for their brethren slain, Religiously they ask a sacrifice. To this your son is marked, and die h e must, Tappease their groaning shadows that are gone" (135). He is obeying theology and will kill Tamoras oldest son (Alarbus), for those who have sinned in his family. When Alarbus is being hide in act 1, Titus makes a speech that states "In peace and pureness rest you here, my sons Romes readiest champions, repose you here in rest, Secure from worldly chances and mishaps.