Coriolanus is the story of Roman general Caius Martius Coriolanus, an arrogant military hero who despises the common plebeians of Rome. Opposed by his mortal blood enemy the Volscian general Aufidius, Coriolanus struggles with his allegiance to Rome and eventually betrays his city to fight alongside the Volscians. Convinced by his wife and family to spare Rome, Coriolanus is murdered by Aufidius for treachery. The novel deals with themes of populism and violence.
William Shakespeare Coriolanus Many of Shakespeares literature plays have characters that are filled with characteristics like pride affection ambition greed and anger to develop them into tragic figures Shakespeare creatively uses characteristics like these along with literary terms to illustrate how his characters are full of tragic flaws In Coriolanus Shakespeare translates the character Coriolanus into a tragic figure by emphasizing on his ambitious attitude and by using creative metaphors
Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeares most famous plays and even though it was written many years ago it is still very popular today Many people can relate to the play as it still covers popular issues in modern society such as young love and violence between different groups of people It is one of Shakespeares earlier tragedies and we can tell this because the protagonist is not completely to blame for his downfall because there are external influences such as fate and the family feud This i