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How have extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WW1 poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text on stage, on screen and in the classroom? Extremes of emotions can have a significant effect on people, as the action of one can result in a retaliation or thought of another which may be extreme. Extremes of emotions can be negative as they may provoke a dismissed or inappropriate though or action, such as a revengeful action. Both the play ‘Titus Andronicus’ and the poetry selected involve characters under the influence of extreme emotions. Both use language devices and techniques which effect the interpretation and influence it has on the reader, or viewer in the case of a performance. These techniques build to the emotionally representation of each characters persona. Titus Andronicus is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1593, as one of his first published plays. The play focuses and has a high concentration of the emotion anger, therefore socially classed as one of his most brutal plays. It is full of extreme emotions which are portrayed by the actions and language expressed. The poetry written by Wilfred Owen and Seigfried Sassoon during World War 1, is poetry expressing their extreme feelings towards war, which are both negative. These extremely negative views include the reality of the occurrences that the soldiers face, whilst being so naive on the base reason they are involved. The same intentions of emotions are present in both the play and the poetry, anger and revengeful actions. Iambic pentameter, this is a language device which involves a rhythmic pattern, it is built up of 5 ‘iambs’, this adds to the fluency of the characters speak or soliloquy, therefore becomes easier to read, speak and listen to. ‘Receive my tears and seem to weep with me And were they but attired in graves weeds’ This is a quote from Titus Andronicus where the Iambic pentameter is present, the first line flows well and has a consistent use of the Iambic pentameter, but then begins to break down, as in the second line it is missing a final syllable, this is called a ‘weak foot’ or a feminine ending’. This shows that the fluency of Titus Andronicus’ soliloquy has been broken, this is due to the extreme actions of his surrounding characters upon him, such as Tamora killing his two sons. Due to the actions of the characters around him Titus Andronicus has