Coriolanus ( or ) 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 Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Shakespeare worked on it during the same years he wrote Antony and Cleopatra, making them his last two tragedies. Coriolanus is the name given to a Roman general after his military feats against the Volscians at Corioli. Following his success he seeks to be consul, but his disdain for the plebeians and mutual hostility with the tribunes lead to his banishment from Rome. In exile, he presents himself to the Volscians, then leads them against Rome. After he relents and agrees to a peace with Rome, he is killed by his previous Volscian allies. Characters Romans Caius Marcius – later surnamed Coriolanus Menenius Agrippa – Senator of Rome Cominius – consul and commander-in-chief of the army Titus Larcius – Roman general Volumnia – Coriolanus' mother (historically, Veturia) Virgilia – Coriolanus' wife Young Martius – Coriolanus' son Valeria – chaste lady of Rome and friend to Coriolanus' family Sicinius Velutus – tribune Junius Brutus – tribune Roman Citizens Roman Soldiers Roman Herald Roman Senators

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Notable quotes

“What's the matter, you dissentious rogues, that, rubbing the poor itch of your opinion, make yourselves scabs?”
— Marcius, scene i
“Had I a dozen sons, — each in my love alike, and none less dear than thine and my good Marcius, — I had rather had eleven die nobly for their country, than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.”
— Volumnia, scene iii
“Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.”
— Sicinius, scene i
“One that loves a cup of hot wine with not a drop of allaying Tiber in ’t.”
— Menenius, scene i
“Faith, there have been many great men that have flatter'd the people, who ne'er loved them.”
— Second Officer, scene ii
“Let me have war, say I; it exceeds peace as far as day does night: it's spritely waking, audible, and full of vent. Peace is a very apoplexy, lethargy; mull'd, deaf, sleepy, insensible; a getter of more bastard children than war's a destroyer of men.”
— First Servant, scene v

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Coriolanus ( or ) 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 Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Shakespeare worked on it during the same years he wrote Antony and Cleopatra, making them his last two tragedies.

Overview

Coriolanus ( or ) 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 Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Shakespeare worked on it during the same years he wrote Antony and Cleopatra, making them his last two tragedies. Coriolanus is the name given to a Roman general after his military feats against the Volscians at Corioli. Following his success he seeks to be consul, but his disdain for the plebeians and mutual hostility with the tribunes lead to his banishment from Rome. In exile, he presents himself to the Volscians, then leads them against Rome. After he relents and agrees to a peace with Rome, he is killed by his previous Volscian allies. Characters Romans Caius Marcius – later surnamed Coriolanus Menenius Agrippa – Senator of Rome Cominius – consul and commander-in-chief of the army Titus Larcius – Roman general Volumnia – Coriolanus' mother (historically, Veturia) Virgilia – Coriolanus' wife Young Martius – Coriolanus' son Valeria – chaste lady of Rome and friend to Coriolanus' family Sicinius Velutus – tribune Junius Brutus – tribune Roman Citizens Roman Soldiers Roman Herald Roman Senators

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“What's the matter, you dissentious rogues, that, rubbing the poor itch of your opinion, make yourselves scabs?”
— Marcius, scene i
“Had I a dozen sons, — each in my love alike, and none less dear than thine and my good Marcius, — I had rather had eleven die nobly for their country, than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.”
— Volumnia, scene iii
“Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.”
— Sicinius, scene i
“One that loves a cup of hot wine with not a drop of allaying Tiber in ’t.”
— Menenius, scene i
“Faith, there have been many great men that have flatter'd the people, who ne'er loved them.”
— Second Officer, scene ii
“Let me have war, say I; it exceeds peace as far as day does night: it's spritely waking, audible, and full of vent. Peace is a very apoplexy, lethargy; mull'd, deaf, sleepy, insensible; a getter of more bastard children than war's a destroyer of men.”
— First Servant, scene v

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