Coriolanus

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Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the life of the proud Roman general Caius Marcius Coriolanus and his tumultuous relationship with the people of Rome.

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Label Occurrences
Coriolanus canonical 16
Coriolanus (2011 film) 1
Coriolanus (play) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play
tragedy
work by William Shakespeare
author William Shakespeare
basedOn Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
surface form: Plutarch’s Lives

life of the Roman general Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
characterisedBy intense mother–son relationship
political rhetoric
countryOfOrigin England
dramatises political conflict between patricians and plebeians in Rome
featuresEvent Coriolanus’s banishment from Rome
alliance of Coriolanus with the Volscians
plebeian uprising over grain shortages
firstPublicationDate 1623
firstPublishedIn First Folio of Shakespeare
surface form: First Folio
genre tragedy
hasAdaptation Coriolanus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Coriolanus (2011 film)

stage adaptations worldwide
hasInfluenced adaptations in film and television
modern political theatre
historicalPeriodDepicted early Roman Republic
literaryForm verse drama
literaryPeriod Stuart period
surface form: Jacobean era
mainCharacter Aufidius
Marcus Junius Brutus
surface form: Brutus

Caius Marcius Coriolanus
Menenius Agrippa
Sicinius Velutus
Virgilia
Volumnia
notableQuote “He that will give good words to thee will flatter / Beneath abhorring.”
“What is the city but the people?”
originalLanguage Early Modern English
partOf works of William Shakespeare
surface form: Shakespearean canon
placeOfFirstPublication London, England
surface form: London
setting Roman Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Rome
structure five acts
theme class conflict
honour
pride
relationship between leader and populace
war and politics
timeOfWriting circa 1605–1608

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William Shakespeare notableWork Coriolanus
Jonathan Cavendish notableWork Coriolanus
Jonathan Cavendish produced Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes notableWork Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes directed Coriolanus
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives hasPart Coriolanus
this entity surface form: Life of Coriolanus
Tom Hiddleston theatreWork Coriolanus
works of William Shakespeare includesWork Coriolanus
subject surface form: Works of William Shakespeare
King's Men performedWork Coriolanus
Coriolanus hasAdaptation Coriolanus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Coriolanus (2011 film)
Ilan Eshkeri workedOn Coriolanus
Mark Gatiss theatreWork Coriolanus
Roman Lives influencedWork Coriolanus
this entity surface form: Coriolanus (play)
Gregory Doran notableWork Coriolanus
this entity surface form: RSC production of Coriolanus
President Coriolanus Snow givenName Coriolanus
subject surface form: Coriolanus Snow