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.
Famous quotes
- Act I, Scene I, spoken by MartiusIn context
- Act III, Scene I, spoken by CoriolanusIn context
- Act III, Scene I, spoken by SiciniusIn context
- Act III, Scene I, spoken by MeneniusIn context
- Act III, Scene II, spoken by VolumniaIn context
Anger’s my meat. I sup upon myself
And so shall starve with feeding.Act IV, Scene II, spoken by VolumniaIn context- Act V, Scene III, spoken by CoriolanusIn context
Contents
Act I
- Scene IRome. A street
- Scene IICorioles. The Senate House
- Scene IIIRome. An apartment in Martius’ house
- Scene IVBefore Corioles
- Scene VWithin Corioles. A street
- Scene VINear the camp of Cominius
- Scene VIIThe gates of Corioles
- Scene VIIIA field of battle between the Roman and the Volscian camps
- Scene IXThe Roman camp
- Scene XThe camp of the Volsces
Act II
Act III
Act IV
- Scene IRome. Before a gate of the city
- Scene IIRome. A street near the gate
- Scene IIIA highway between Rome and Antium
- Scene IVAntium. Before Aufidius’s house
- Scene VAntium. A hall in Aufidius’s house
- Scene VIRome. A public place
- Scene VIIA camp at a short distance from Rome