quot; yet he still wishes he could do more (4.1. 143, 144). Though he is the most evil character in the play, I feel he is also the most intelligent character present.
             It is Aaron who suggests the rape and disfiguring of Lavinia, and the violent acts that occur afterwards, but it is not he who commits the actual crimes. In the case of Lavinia's rape and disfiguration, Chiron and Demetrius, his lover's sons, commit the heinous acts against her (2.3). In the same scene, they also slay Bassianus, and bury his body in the woods at the suggestion of Aaron. Eldred D Jones, in his article "Aaron and Melancholy in Titus Andronicus" suggests that Aaron is "totally committed to evil," and that the cause of his vengeance is never clear. I believe that Aaron's motivations are the result of being treated as an outsider, and being classified into the category of "other," in this case "blackness."
             He is viewed by both the audience as well as other characters in the play as an "other," a person noticeably different that the picturesque Romans. In fact, Aaron is the only character in the play to be constantly recognized and commented on as different. For example, Lavinia speaks of Tamora's "raven-colored love" (2.3.83), and Bassianus also describes Aaron as a "barbarous Moor" (2.3.78). Tamora, though lovingly, also differentiates Aaron from the rest of the characters, "Ah, my sweet Moor, sweeter to me than life!" (2.3.51, 52). This line obviously shows Tamora categorizing Aaron; it creates a definitive establishment of "otherness" for him, even in the relationship with his lover. According to Emily Bartel, however, Aaron's motivations lie in the hopes for a change in status. She cites his opening soliloquy when he speaks of Tamora's new status as Empress of Rome. She states: "It is she to whom both he and the pl...