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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 ...
Whoever trusts you sees you as lions, though he should see you as hares, and sees you as foxes, though he should see you as geese. You’re as unstable as a burning coal on ice or a hailstone in the sun. Your nature is to honor those who should be punished for their crimes and then to curse the justice that punishes him.
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 ...
Jul 31, 2015 · Act 1, scene 10 Aufidius vows to destroy Coriolanus by any means possible. Act 2, scene 1 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.)
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 ...
Analysis. A group of mutinous Roman citizens floods a street in Rome. One calls out to make sure that his fellow people are prepared to die instead of go hungry. He names Caius Martius as “chief enemy of the people,” and says that the people should kill him so that they can set their own price for corn. The mob shouts out in agreement, but ...
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 ...
