Shakespeare, Slightly Abridged: Titus Andronicus
zeta25 for Marcus Andronicus
Marcus is Titus's brother, he is the more scholarly of the two, having stayed home during the war, and continued his book learning. He is also the more level headed of the brothers, and a trusted advisor. He is the one to find Lavinia after her attack. He is compassionate and his warrior blood gets ignited later in the story.
(You are going to give Titus the news that he has been chosen to be Emperor, you as his brother are proud of him.)
"Titus Andronicus, the people of Rome,Whose friend in justice thou has ever been,Sent thee by me their tribunes and their trust,Name thee in election for the Empire.Help to set a head on headless Rome."(You are stopping Titus from killing his eldest son Lucius, and reminding him that his other sons died trying to protect Lavinia)
"Suffer thy brother Marcus to inter,His noble nephew here in virtue's nest,That died in honor and Lavinia's cause."(You are trying to convince Titus and Lucius that your hand should be chopped off, not theirs.)
"Which of your hands hath not defended Rome,And reared aloft the bloody Battleaxe.Writing destruction on the enemy's castle?Oh none of both but are of high dessert.My hand hath been but idle, let it serveTo ransom my two nephews from their death,Then have I kept it to a worthy end."
