Coriolanus

Autor:
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Wyd. w latach:
1904 - 2022
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The works of William Shakespeare
The BBC TV Shakespeare
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Coriolanus - William Shakespeare - Coriolanus 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 the last two tragedies written by him. 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 the mutual hostility of the tribunes lead to his banishment from Rome. He presents himself to the Volscians, then leads them against Rome. The play opens in Rome shortly after the expulsion of the Tarquin kings. There are riots in progress, after stores of grain were withheld from ordinary citizens. The rioters are particularly angry at Caius Marcius, a brilliant Roman general whom they blame for the loss of their grain. The rioters encounter a patrician named Menenius Agrippa, as well as Caius Marcius himself. Menenius tries to calm the rioters, while Marcius is openly contemptuous, and says that the plebeians were not worthy of the grain because of their lack of military service. Two of the tribunes of Rome, Brutus and Sicinius, privately denounce Marcius. He leaves Rome after news arrives that a Volscian army is in the field. The commander of the Volscian army, Tullus Aufidius, has fought Marcius on several occasions and considers him a blood enemy. The Roman army is commanded by Cominius, with Marcius as his deputy. While Cominius takes his soldiers to meet Aufidius' army, Marcius leads a rally against the Volscian city of Corioli. The siege of Corioli is initially unsuccessful, but Marcius is able to force open the gates of the city, and the Romans conquer it. Even though he is exhausted from the fighting, Marcius marches quickly to join Cominius and fights the other Volscian force. Marcius and Aufidius meet in single combat, which ends only when Aufidius' own soldiers drag him away from the battle. In recognition of his great courage, Cominius gives Caius Marcius the agnomen, or "official nickname", of Coriolanus. When they return to Rome, Coriolanus's mother Volumnia encourages her son to run for consul. Coriolanus is hesitant to do this, but he bows to his mother's wishes. He effortlessly wins the support of the Roman Senate, and seems at first to have won over the plebeians as well. However, Brutus and Sicinius scheme to defeat Coriolanus and instigate another riot in opposition to his becoming consul. Faced with this opposition, Coriolanus flies into a rage and rails against the concept of popular rule. He compares allowing plebeians to have power over the patricians to allowing "crows to peck the eagles". The two tribunes condemn Coriolanus as a traitor for his words and order him to be banished. Coriolanus retorts that it is he who banishes Rome from his presence.

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Autor:William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Wstęp:Georg Brandes (1842-1927)
Wydawcy:Books on Demand (2022) tredition (2022) Legimi (2012-2022) Phoemixx Classics Ebooks (2021) Saga Egmont (2021) neobooks (2021) William Shakespeare (2017) Gérald Gallas (2017) Qasim Idrees (2017) Sheba Blake Publishing (2017) Jazzybee Verlag (2012) British Broadcasting Corporation (1984) William Heineman (1904) Archibald Constable Co LTD
Serie wydawnicze:The works of William Shakespeare The BBC TV Shakespeare
ISBN:9783347644595 9783754178614 9783849625610 9783961892488 9783985515653 9788726886092 0-563-20188-6
Autotagi:artykuły dokumenty elektroniczne druk e-booki książki literatura literatura stosowana publikacje naukowe zasoby elektroniczne
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