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Coriolanus follows the eponymous character as he tries (and fails) to gain political power through allegiances to the common people whom he once hated, and his longstanding rivalry with his enemy Aufidius--a rivalry that will prove deadly by the play’s end. With this Shakescleare modern English translation of the play, you can follow the ...
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Jul 31, 2015 · Act 2, scene 1. ⌜ Scene 1 ⌝. Synopsis: Coriolanus is welcomed back to Rome by his family and Menenius, and is expected to be elected consul. (Coriolanus’s entry into Rome has often been staged as a great spectacle; see John Ripley, “Coriolanus’s Stage Imagery,” in Further Reading.) Enter Menenius with the two Tribunes of the people ...
Caius Martius (“Coriolanus”) A Roman general, he is given the name “Coriolanus” after he leads the Roman armies to victory against the Volscian city of Corioles. Brave, fearsome in battle, and extremely honorable, he is also overly proud, immature, inflexible, and stubbornly aristocratic. These faults, combined with a fierce contempt ...
摘自《科利奧蘭納斯》第五幕，第三場，由Gavin Hamilton所繪，James Caldwell所刻。 《科利奧蘭納斯》（英語： Coriolanus ），英若诚译之为大将军寇流兰 ，是莎士比亞撰寫的一部歷史悲劇，一般認為是寫於1605年至1608年之間，講述羅馬共和國的英雄格奈烏斯·馬奇烏斯·科利奧蘭納斯，因脾氣暴躁，被逐出 ...
Summary: Act 1: Scene 1. The play begins in the city of Rome, where the common people, or plebeians, are rioting against their rulers, the patrician class, whom they accuse of hoarding grain while the common people starve. The plebeians demand the right to set the price of grain, rather than accept a price imposed by the Senate (the governing ...
Jan 20, 2012 · But Coriolanus’s friend Menenius Agrippa comes to his defense: regardless of his personal feelings, Menenius argues, Coriolanus can be trusted to care for the people like a father. This defense ...
