Inner evil and external evil in Richard III, Titus and Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare's villains seem to fall into one of two categories: those who they are evil at heart (intrinsically and genuinely evil or Machiavellian) and those who have become, under particular circumstances, antagonistic. Richard III's carefully laid plans to usurp the throne contrast heavily with Aaron's (Titus Andronicus') ramblings, which contrast with Aaron's lack of action. The motivations of these two characters are different, however. Richard seizes the opportunity to take the throne through Machiavellian means when presented with the opportunity. Aaron represents the supposed evil of a "godless moor", his character as much a symbol as the color of his skin, especially to an audience familiar with the conquests. Tamora is actually more evil than Aaron. She is the one who orders her children to rape and tear Lavinia to pieces, leaving her disgraced, with two bloody stumps for hands and no tongue with which to tell the story. Aaron suggests that he instructed his children in their behavior (Act V Scene I Lines 99-111): Indeed I was their guardian to instruct them. That nurturing spirit they had from their mother, Sure as a card he'd ever win the set; That bloody mind I think they learned from me, a real dog who always fought at the head. Well, let my deeds be witnesses of my valor: I trained your brothers in that cunning hole, where Bassianus's corpse lay; I wrote the letter which your father found, and hid the gold which he mentioned in that letter, allied with the queen and two sons; the audience, however, has never witnessed Aaron's alleged teachings, nor is it likely that if he were to continue living as before he would commit the acts to which he undertakes as he will be hanged (Act V Scene I lines 125-144). Aaron speaks of evil and deceit, while Tamora lives the epitome of it, marrying into the queen ship of the conquering tribe. When his son is introduced to him, Aaron takes care of him and agrees to talk only on the condition that he be saved. This view of his character makes him seem like an almost more worthy person than Tito who kills his own children. The villain shows more care for his relatives than the hero does for his. This serves to make Aaron a more realistic villain by making him more human.