Literature/William Shakespeare

Coriolanus

William Shakespeare, c. 1608

Shakespeare’s tragedy of Caius Martius Coriolanus, a Roman general whose contempt for the common people turns them against him after he wins the city’s gratitude in war.

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Contents

Act I

  1. Scene IRome. A street
  2. Scene IICorioles. The Senate House
  3. Scene IIIRome. An apartment in Martius’ house
  4. Scene IVBefore Corioles
  5. Scene VWithin Corioles. A street
  6. Scene VINear the camp of Cominius
  7. Scene VIIThe gates of Corioles
  8. Scene VIIIA field of battle between the Roman and the Volscian camps
  9. Scene IXThe Roman camp
  10. Scene XThe camp of the Volsces

Act II

  1. Scene IRome. A public place
  2. Scene IIRome. The Capitol
  3. Scene IIIRome. The Forum

Act III

  1. Scene IRome. A street
  2. Scene IIRome. A room in Coriolanus’s house
  3. Scene IIIRome. The Forum

Act IV

  1. Scene IRome. Before a gate of the city
  2. Scene IIRome. A street near the gate
  3. Scene IIIA highway between Rome and Antium
  4. Scene IVAntium. Before Aufidius’s house
  5. Scene VAntium. A hall in Aufidius’s house
  6. Scene VIRome. A public place
  7. Scene VIIA camp at a short distance from Rome

Act V

  1. Scene IRome. A public place
  2. Scene IIAn Advanced post of the Volscian camp before Rome
  3. Scene IIIThe tent of Coriolanus
  4. Scene IVRome. A public place
  5. Scene VRome. A street near the gate
  6. Scene VIAntium. A public place