Recurring Relationship from Titus

And here comes he whom my heart points unto,
His bastard son, but my love's true-begot;
Many a wealthy letter have I sent him
Swelled up with jewels, and the timorous man
Is yet but coldly kind. (I.ii.109-113)

In acts I and II of The Revenger's Tragedy, Tourneur has established a relationship that reminds me of the affair between Tamora and Aaron in Titus Andronicus. Both the Duchess and Tamora are women married to powerful men. These women, portrayed as lustful and treacherous, satisfy their cravings with malevolent outcasts. Aaron, the moor, and Spurio, the bastard, both vent anger at the prejudice they encounter and express their desire to injure nearly everyone around them. It will be interesting to see whether Spurio and the Duchess, like Aaron and Tamora, are catalysts for much of the action in the rest of the play.