Coriolanus Essay Examples

Shakespeare Coriolanus Journal 1″I sin in envying his nobility;And were I any thing but what I am,I would wish me only he. AufidisAct 1 sc. 1 page 230I think this quote describes the love of Coriolanus. Coriolanus longs to encounter Aufidius man-to-man. Aufidius, on his end, welcomes Coriolanus to his side He goes so far…

I think Coriolanus is far too proud for his own good. I think this because at the end of the play he is dead due to him being too proud. His own people say this to him because of the way he abuses them. Menenius say this to flatter the crowd; Coriolanus is very opposite…

A monologue from the play by William ShakespeareCORIOLANUS: My name is Caius Marcius, who hath doneTo thee particularly and to all the VolscesGreat hurt and mischief; thereto witness mayMy surname, Coriolanus. The painful service,The extreme dangers, and the drops of bloodShed for my thankless country are requitedBut with that surname — a good memory,And witness…

A monologue from the play by William ShakespeareMENENIUS: I am known to be a humorous patrician, and one that loves a cup of hot wine with not a drop of allaying Tiber in’t; said to be something imperfect in favoring the first complaint; hasty and tinder-like upon too trivial motion; one that converses more with…

A monologue from the play by William ShakespeareVOLUMNIA: O, no more, no more!You have said you will not grant us anything;For we have nothing else to ask but thatWhich you deny already; yet we will ask,That, if you fail in our request, the blameMay hang upon your hardness. Think with thyselfHow more unfortunate than all…

A monologue from the play by William ShakespeareVOLUMNIA: You are too absolute;Though therein you can never be too noble,But when extremities speak. I have heard you say,Honor and policy, like unsevered friends,I’ th’ war do grow together. Grant that, and tell me,In peace what each of them by th’ other lose,That they combine not there….