Corialanus
(William Shakespeare)
Set during the later years of the Roman Empire when they battle the constant invasions from the Goths and Visigoths of the North, Corialanus is a play about the fight between being a great soldier in battle and a great politician. Caius Marcius, the great soldier, refuses to play up to the mob and though he has won many honors through battle he is despised by the Roman people. The people who originally see him as a hero, are upset by his rude behavior by calling them savages and refusing to act as a politician ought to by catering to their wishes and acknowledging their rights as citizens of Rome. Soon declared Corialanus, after his defeat of the city Corioli, Corialanus returns to Rome to become consul, ruler of the empire. Unfortunately, he needs the support of the Roman people to do so. Corialanus finds himself unable to change his behavior, and despite hi domineering mother?s attempts to make him into a correct politician, Coriolanus offends the public at all turns. Because of his outrageous behavior towards the people, the Romans reject him, sentence him to death and banish him from the city. Out of vengeance, Corialanus goes off to his former enemies, the Volscians, and convinces them to join him in the sack of Rome. Finding him unstoppable, Corialanus? mother and wife are the only ones able to entreat him to stop the battle and leave Rome in peace. After succumbing to their wishes, Corialanus returns to Rome only to be accused of Treason and finally assassinated. The play shows the harm of selfish action of a hero?s denial of the rights of his people. Through his extreme arrogance, Coriolanus almost destroys his people and his Empire through his own wounded pride. Rather than submit to listen to the public?s wishes, Coriolanus only expects them to cater to his own and thus causes his own downfall.
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