It all comes down to the end

The final scene of Titus was, for me, a mix of comedy, tragedy, and just plain "grossness." I knew that the play involved cannibalism before I began reading it, and even when I read it I wasn't too alarmed, but watching the way that Titus announced the ingredients of the pies put a chill in my body. It was frightening to see an almost insanity bubble up in his eyes as he "jumped for joy" at finally being able to tell them 'who' they were eating. The pairing of the serial killer like scene where he slits the throats of the Tamora's sons and asks Lavinia to collect their blood and this announcement, I believe that Titus is mentally crazy. I am not sure if he began the play as the crazy that he ends it as, but anyone who just kills their son without contemplation isn't completely there. As the play progresses I think we see him become more and more disgusted with the world that he is living in which causes him to lose touch with reality: this can be seen on the face of Titus as he dies in the movie potrayal. He looks up at Saturninus with a look that seems to say "Go ahead and kill me, death will not be worse than what I have just done to you. Your wife is dead after she and you consumed her sons, your stepsons." This one look is my favorite look in the whole movie. It shows that, despite having lost touch with reality, Titus wins.