Shakespeare plays AARON, a Moor

Illustration: Shakespeare plays Aaron dressed in Moorish style, with a black wig; he looks angry, shaking his fist and gritting his teeth. His lover Tamora stands behind him, looking on admiringly

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Aaron has conceived an 'excellent piece of villainy' involving a forged letter and a buried bag of gold. Tamora, Aaron's lover and accomplice, is very excited by all this.
Titus Andronicus
Act 2 Scene 2

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What Lucius said
about Aaron:

"This barbarous Moor, this ravenous tiger, this accursed devil ... away, inhuman dog, unhallowed slave!"

Titus Andronicus
Act 5 Scene 3