Aaron brings the Androci the Emperor's ultimatum: he will trade the lives of Titus' sons for Titus' hand. Titus sends the hand.
A messenger returns Titus' hand and his sons' heads with a scornful message. Lucius is banished. Titus is too shocked to cry. Tamora's revenge seems complete.
But not quite ... Lavinia finds a way to communicate. She prints her attackers' names in the dust. Now the Androci know "who done it" they vow revenge although they realize how dangerous revenge will be.
Some time later Tamora is delivered of the Emperor's baby, but the child is unmistakably Aaron's. They kill the nurse and decide to switch babies.
All the misfortunes seem to have driven Titus mad. He petitions the gods for help.
Saturninus is annoyed at Titus' public petitioning and orders him arrested. Then he hears that Lucius has raised an army (of Goths) against him. Tamora promises to intercede.
Lucius is addressing the Goths who are now his allies when his soldiers bring in Aaron and the baby whom they have captured. (Aaron could not bear to kill his own child.) Lucius proposes to hang them both.
Aaron confesses to masterminding the murder, the rape, the frame-up, etc. Then Aemelius comes in with a message that Saturninus is ready to parley. Realizing that Aaron and the child could have value, Lucius spares their lives.
Meanwhile, Tamora, dressed as Revenge, and her sons, dressed as Rape and Murder, call on Titus. But Titus isn't as helpless as Tamora thinks he is. He plays along and invites Tamora and Saturninus to a feast.
When Tamora leaves, the Androci pounce on Demetrius and Chiron. Titus cuts their throats and orders pastries made of their heads.
Dressed as a cook, Titus greets his guests and serves them a meat pastry dish.
Then he kills Lavinia, so she no longer has to live with her shame.
Saturninus, shocked, stops eating and asks why he did that. Titus tells him that Demetrius and Chiron raped and mutilated Lavinia and have died for their misdeeds — and Tamora is eating them.
Then Titus kills Tamora.
Saturninus kills Titus, then Lucius arrives — and kills Saturninus.
Aaron and the baby are brought forth as Lucius and Marcus explain to the few people still left standing what has happened. Aaron (but not the baby) is condemned.
The people proclaim Lucius the new emperor.
That's it. Murder, mutilation, rape, cannibalism, human sacrifice — there's no other play quite like it in the canon (thank heavens!).
I do these cartoon versions of Shakespearean plays prior to taking my own students to see live theatre. The cartoons give them an idea of the plot of the play so they don't feel lost. After 10 minutes or so, the students catch on, enjoy the play, and my job of supervision becomes much easier.
Sorry I can't put the "mainstream" plays (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar et al) on the Web. They are copyright to J. Weston Walch, Publisher and are available in SHAKESPEARE MADE EASY: AN ILLUSTRATED APPROACH.
Some other sites you might like to visit:
Mr William Shakespeare and the Internet
The Dachshund Circus
Dachshund Delights Badger Burrow
Bard on the Beach
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival
This site was prepared with help from Bill Kempthorne, Colin Welch, and Dale Halcrow, the Principal, who tolerates my obsessions. All I do is the dachshund and Shakespeare parts. I hope it helps you and your students or children to enjoy the Bard as much as I do.