The Titus Film Directed by Julie Taymor, a well-awarded director who created numerous visual arts, made countless thought-provoking choices when making Titus, a film based on the book Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare. Titus Andronicus is a tragedy starring Titus, a Roman general who becomes obsessed with taking revenge on Tamora, his former prisoner and the Queen of the Goths. When Taymor made the film Titus, she incorporated many aspects of the present (when the film was made) and the time the book was written, the Shakespearean era, to engage with the audience of that era while remaining faithful to history. She did her best to stay as close to the book as possible and portray the characters as well as they could be interpreted. In some illustrations she was perfect and in others she wasn't. The opening scene begins with a little boy in a classic 90s kitchen, set up like a low-end restaurant. He is wearing a loose t-shirt and blue jeans with a brown paper bag on his head. He is sitting at a dining table and watching a cartoon on television. The camera isn't projecting television, so you don't know what era it's from, but it's there nonetheless. The cartoon has rodeo horns and a man shouting "go, go" with a groggy voice similar to Popeye the Sailor. He is at his kitchen table playing with electric helicopters, robots and action figures while eating a hot dog alone. He starts destroying the table by pouring salt from a salt shaker over everything and squeezing ketchup from a generic glass ketchup bottle. It is essentially a silent scene, the only noises are the onomonopoeia emitted by this little boy to express the actions of his toys. While in the middle...... middle of paper......characters to complete Shakespeare's work. With the opening, she captures the aspect of war without using the original opening. Instead, she uses a child and modernizes him. In ACT III SCENE I. Rome. At Street, she examines every word and depicts the art of revenge, loss and justice. She digs into the Bible and connects them to Titus, his morals and his actions. Taymor made many interesting choices when directing Titus, many of which remain true to the book, and the character analysis brought Titus Andronicus to visual art.Work CitedShakespeare, William. Titus Andronicus. Rhome: 1594. Print..(Shakespeare)Taymor, Julie, dir. Titus. Prod. Jody Allen. Images from Fox Searchlight, 2000. Film. February 25, 2014. “Biblical Judges.” n.pag. Wikipedia. Internet. February 25 2014..(“”)