Titus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593, probably in collaboration with George Peele. The main themes in Titus Andronicus are the cycle of revenge, masculine and feminine honor, and Romans and barbarians. The cycle of revenge: Titus Andronicus demonstrates the futile and cyclical nature of vengeance, the pursuit of which results in the deaths of nearly all the characters involved. Titus Andronicus, an early, experimental tragedy by William Shakespeare, written sometime in 1589-92 and published in a quarto edition from an incomplete draft in 1594.