Titus

Titus is a typical Shakespearian play adapted to film that uses a very arts combination of the times to get its message across. Effectively making the film timeless so that the values in the film are not simply perceived as a lesson man once learned a long time ago. Which, is far from the truth considering that each of the characters resemble one of the seven deadly sin which are also timeless because they will occur until the end of time.

Many of the main characters directly display one or more of the seven deadly sins. Take Saturinus for example, he directly displays envy. Although he is consistently angry with Titus and his family it is envy that he most heavily displays, because he kills off people who he underhandedly finds to be a threat. For instance when he orders the deaths of Titus's sons it wasn't because he dislike them but he found them to be a threat. His hate and disdain for Titus directly stems from his envy for his power not only to lead but his military power that Saturinus is technically in control of but he knows that Titus has the stranglehold on the army that he could never match.

Tamora, Saturinus's chosen wife resembles wrath because she constantly seeks revenge against Titus for killing her eldest son. Her constant hate is displayed through the violence she harbors against Titus. She is the strongest arm against Titus and it last all the way up until the bloody and quick ending of the play.

Aaron a personal adviser to the royal family including not only Saturinus but Tamora and her sons as well. He is having a secret affair with Tamora which is why he the direct display of lust. The produce of lust of course is a love child, which comes to fruition at the end of the film when he is confronted by the nurse/nun and he is forced to take arms against her to ensure that his lust for Tamora is not revealed to the masses, but it is inevitably revealed by the end of the film .

Titus's major flaw is his pride, he constantly wants to gain popularity and advance his family name for not only his but his family members gain as well. He constantly sacrifices things for his family to help them maintain a reputable name which, unlike today, was a very important thing as a family, to have a reputable name in the community. In the end he goes on a murder rampage over pride and pride alone proves to be his downfall.

Tamoras sons represent gluttony and greed because nothing is never enough for them they are constantly grabbing with both hands for anything and everything they can want or have. They have vibrant halls filled with valuable materials but that is not enough, they have to have video games and all kinds if women and the list goes on and on the gluttony is outrageous.

The downfall however of the entire film is that greed and sloth exists in all of these characters in the play. Everyone is looking to move up monetarily because money is the root of all evil and money is a strong underlying cause of the downfall of Rome. Sloth is also a downfall because everyone refuses both to work physically and spiritually meaning that all of them are in poor standing with God.