| what poet favored Coriolanis to other Shakespeare plays | T.S. Eliot |
| Where does this play take place | Rome, Italy |
| what character type is missing from this play | Clown |
| Which virtue is of greatest importance to Coriolanus | Valor |
| Where does the play open? | on a street in Rome |
| A problem with the hero? | How does his mother raising him instead of a father affect him much? (this usually applies to the heroine of Shakespeare works). |
| Who does he bow in front of instead of his wife when he returns from war? | his mother |
| What does Coriolanus have to do to become a consul? | Show off his scars to all of the people (stand mostly naked) and he doesn’t want to do this |
| What advice does his mother (Volumnia) give him? | Lie to the people |
| Who is Coriolanus’s mother? | Volumnia |
| what do the citizens demand? | to set the price for the city’s grain supply |
| how many representatives are the common people granted? | five |
| who is the crabby old soldier/patrician | Caius Martius (later Coriolanus) |
| what tribe do they fight against | the Volscians |
| what city are they able to take as a result of the first war (and the heroism of Martius | Corioles |
| what two men sway the votes of the common people against Coriolanus | Brutus and Sicinius |
| what enemy does Coriolanus agree to make peace with | Aufidius in the city of Antium |
| what is the name of Coriolanus’s wife? | Virgilia |
| why was Coriolanus able to accomplish such great things | because all his life he was told that he could |
| what insect is mentioned being caught and killed | butterflies |
| Menenius bashes what? | garlic breath |
| who does Coriolanus listen to the most? | He takes advice from the women in his life over the men |
| what are the dangers of preaching the rich man poor | you shouldn’t listen to people on how you ought to live one’s life |
| what crime is Coriolanus often accused of | treason |
| what does this play suggest about “the people” | they are easily manipulated, all they worry about is their next meal, they don’t harbor any ambition, this play holds them in contempt because Coriolanus doesn’t become great by listening to the people |
Coriolanus
July 20, 2019