Parody, Pastiche, and Camp in Titus Andronicus

As stated in my last post, personally I would not categorize Titus Andronicus to be a parody, a pastiche, or camp. Although, as others have, it is clearly obvious that it can be done, but it is really a personal opinion in any matter. One could consider Titus to be a parody due to its ridiculous content. It could be said that Shakespeare read the "popular" tragedies at that time and found them to be funny so he decided to write a play making fun of them. The scene in the beginning of the play when Titus stabbed and killed his son senslessly would be one of many acts that would support this ideal. One could also take Titus to be a pastiche, that Shakespeare did read (or more likely view) the other tragedies and he felt drawn to them so he decided to write Titus out of respect for or to celebrate the other tragedies. This can be seen throughout the play in the common themes and ideas present in Titus that circled in other tragedies of that time, family honor for example. Lastly one could just as well categorize Titus to be camp and say that Shakespeare tried and put effort into writting a serious tragedy, but that it was just taken so far over the top that it became gaudy and even funny. This point could be supported in scenes such as the one when Titus cuts his hand off and then his hand along with the heads of his two sons are returned to him. Although even I can identify numerous parts throughout the play that could be taken to be a parody, pastiche, or camp, I still do not believe that it was originally written to be any of these. Obviously it can not be proven because Shakespeare alone knows which intrepretation is true, but i believe that it is all simply a matter of personal intreptation and that nearly any statement can be made and somehow supported.