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Desiring revenge against Rome, Coriolanus goes to his Volscian enemy, Aufidius, in the city of Antium, and makes peace with him. Aufidius is planning a new campaign against the Romans, and he welcomes Coriolanus's assistance, although he soon feels himself to be falling into his new ally's shadow. Their army proceeds to march on Rome, throwing ...
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Once banished, Coriolanus seeks out his rival Aufidius. At Aufidius’s house in Antium, Coriolanus reveals his desire to get revenge on Rome and asks if he can join with the Volscians. Aufidius and the Volscian lords agree, and the Volscian soldiers immediately become obsessed with Coriolanus. Aufidius, though, secretly plans to turn on ...
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Coriolanus. John Philip Kemble as Coriolanus in "Coriolanus" by William Shakespeare, Thomas Lawrence (1798) Coriolanus ( / kɒriəˈleɪnəs / or /- ˈlɑː -/ [1]) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus.
Coriolanus Summary. Roman general Coriolanus makes his name defeating an enemy army and defending Rome. The Senate nominates him as consul but he cannot win the people's vote, so he is banished from Rome and allies with his old enemy. He comes to attack Rome, his mother persuades him not to, and his new-found ally kills him for the betrayal.
Coriolanus Summary. C oriolanus by William Shakespeare is a tragic play about Roman warrior Coriolanus, ... He encounters his sworn enemy, the Volscian general Tullus Aufidius, in the field, but ...
He predicts that, knowing his worst enemy, Coriolanus, has been banished, Aufidius will surely be victorious in this campaign. The succeeding scene is played in Antium before Aufidius' house, whither Coriolanus arrives disguised as a beggar, and mutters that having made so many widows in this city, it will be best not to make his presence known.
Synopsis. A summary of Shakespeare's Roman war tragedy, Coriolanus. Famine in Rome is causing unrest between the common people and the patricians (the aristocrats of Rome). The people particularly resent the arrogant Caius Martius, son of Volumnia, who makes no secret of the fact that he despises them.
