In shakespears story Titus andronicus he uses a large amounts of figurative language to compare something to something it will never be or will never happen. An example of one of shakespears figurative language device ” if I do wake, some planet strike me down”, this this quote shows that titus would rather be killed then see his neice Lavinia suffer from what the traitors sons had done to her. The device shows how powerful and destressing seeing how Lavinia had been violated. The quote taken from act 2 scene 4 of Titus andronicus shows that Titus would rather die then see what had become of Lavinia and see what could possibly happen to her. Titus’s reaction echo’s that of Lavinia as he wishes to die like Lavinia did when she was being brutally violated. Shakespeare had also used a hyperbole to communicate how distressed Titus was to see his poor neice Lavinia in that terrible state in person and state of mind.In shakespears story Titus andronicus he uses a large amounts of figurative language to compare something to something it will never be or will never happen. An example of one of shakespears figurative language device ” if I do wake, some planet strike me down”, this this quote shows that titus would rather be killed then see his neice Lavinia suffer from what the traitors sons had done to her. The device shows how powerful and destressing seeing how Lavinia had been violated. The quote taken from act 2 scene 4 of Titus andronicus shows that Titus would rather die then see what had become of Lavinia and see what could possibly happen to her. Titus’s reaction echo’s that of Lavinia as he wishes to die like Lavinia did when she was being brutally violated. Shakespeare had also used a hyperbole to communicate how distressed Titus was to see his poor neice Lavinia in that terrible state in person and state of mind.