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!! Coriolanus Master Deck Flashcards

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First Citizen

Martius enemy

Act 1

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“Caius Martius is chief enemy to the people”

first impression

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Second Citizen

Martius mother

Act 1 Scene 1

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“please his mother and be partly proud”

taking a jab at Martius masculinity

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First Citizen

Martius dog

Act 1

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“He’s a very dog to the commonality”

animal imagery, hes against the common people

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Martius

Citizens scabs

Act 1

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“dissentious rogues”
“Make yourselves scabs?”

dehumanising the common people, body politic

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Martius

Aufidius anything

Act 1

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“If I were anything but I am, I would wish me only he”

they’re two of the same

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Martius

Aufidius lion

Act 1

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“He is a lion, That I am proud to hunt”

animal imagery

Coriolanus refers to Aufidius as a lion he is proud to hunt in Act 1, Scene 1. The Romans viewed the lion as powerful and associated it with the Greek god Hercules, who wore a lion skin. This reference to a symbol of power indicates Coriolanus’s respect for Aufidius. This admiration will manifest again in Act 4 when Coriolanus seeks out Aufidius to join with him in launching an attack against Rome

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Cominius

Addressing Martius

Act 1

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“Noble Martius!”

difference between particians vs plebians

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Volumnia

Martius Son

Act 1

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“If my son were my husband”

sees all men as serving a similar purpose, something she can use

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Volumnia

Martius die

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“I had rather had eleven [sons] die nobly for their country than one… surfeit out of action”

only view men for what they can do for her - honour

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Martius

Yelling at soldiers

Act 1

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“You shames of Rome!”
“You souls of geese”

animal imagery

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Cominius

Aufidius heart

Act 1

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“Their very heart of hope!”

body politic, the centre of the Volsci army

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Martius

Cominius wedding

Act 1

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“By th’blood we have shed together, by th’vows we have made”
“And Tapers burned to bedward!”

queer interpretation, violence and love on the battlefield

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Martius

Painting

Act 1

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“That love this painting”

referring to the blood, sees wounds as a work of art to be admired

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Martius

Bribe

Act 1

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“A bribe to pay my sword. I do refuse it”

doesn’t want rewards as it dampens his honour

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Aufidius

Mirroring

Act 1

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“He’s mine or I am his”

queer relationships, violence and love on the battlefield

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Martius

Bad Life

Act 1 scene 4

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“If any think brave death outweighs bad life, and that his country’s dearer than himself; let him alone, or so many so minded, wave thus, to express his disposition,”

juxtaposition, ironic, masculinitty and test of honour

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Martius

Sword

Act 1 scene 4

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“Make you a sword of me?”

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Sicinius

Nature

Act 2 scene 1

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“Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.”

Sicinius is insulting the aristocracy and Coriolanus by stating the plebeians can recognize who represents them and who is against their interests.

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Menenius

Hot Wine

Act 2 scene 1

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“One that loves a cup of hot wine with not a drop of allaying Tiber in ‘t.”

talking about his reputation - hasty over small things

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Menenius

Worships

Act 2 scene 1

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“God-den to your worships. More of your conversation would infect my brain, being the herdsmen of the beastly plebeians.”

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Second Officer

Flattered

Act 2 scene 2

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“Faith, there have been many great men that have flatter’d the people, who ne’er loved them.”

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Volumnia

Action

Act 3 scene 2

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“Action is eloquence.”

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Volumnia

Anger

Act 4 scene 2

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“Anger’s my meat; I sup upon myself,
And so shall starve with feeding.”

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Menenius

Loves

Act 2

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“He loves your people, but tie him not to be their bedfellow.”
- He loves and serves the ordinary people of Rome, but don’t make him their equal

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# Martius People | Act 2
"But your people, I love them as they weigh." | He loves people according to their contribution
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# Martius Nothings | Act 2
"To hear my nothings monstered" - My achievements are nothing, I got honour from doing them, for you to talk about them distorts/destroys them
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# Cominius Rewards | Act 2
"...rewards his deeds with doing them" - Coriolanus desires no extrinsic reward, only the intrinsic virtue of the deed
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# Martius Blush | Act 2
"It is a part that I shall blush in acting" - Coriolanus sees being consul as a public role that will shame him if it requires his being inauthentic or unnatural
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# Menenius Noble | Act 3
"His nature is too noble for this world, He would not flatter Neptune for his trident " - It is the corrupt state of the world which brings about Coriolanus' downfall (early one) | If he wouldnt bow for Gods, he definately wouldnt for the Tribunes ## Footnote Menenius describes Coriolanus's lack of humility by saying he would not stoop to honor the gods to have their power.
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# Martius Dragon | Act 4
"I go alone like to a lonely dragon" - Coriolanus is still full of energy although isolated and purposeless
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# Martius World | Act 4
"Oh world, thy slippery turns" | Coriolanus laments the false and corrupted world
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# Martius Services | Act 4
"My revengeful services" | Coriolanus' twisted sense of service
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# Martius View of Rome | Act 4
"cankered"; "city of kites and crows" | Coriolanus' view of Rome
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# Martius I am.. | Act 1
"I am constant" - Coriolanus does not go back on his word and is immediately eager to go to war
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# Lartius Sword | Act 1
"sensibly outdares his senseless sword" | Coriolanus' exceptional bravery
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# Herald Alone | Act 2
"all alone Martius did fight" | Coriolanus' exceptional bravery (later one)
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# Third Servingman Mars | Act 4
"son and heir to Mars" - Coriolanus' military valour from the perspective of the Volsces
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# Sicinius Soaring | Act 2
"his soaring insolence" | Coriolanus is a terrible politician
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# Citizens City | Act 3
"The people are the city" - Coriolanus doesn't understand that he must accommodate the people (short)
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# Third Citizen Worthier | Act 2
"if he would incline to the people, there was never a worthier man." - Coriolanus doesn't understand that he must accommodate the people
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# Aufidius Virtues | Act 4
" our virtues lie in the interpretation of the time" - Coriolanus' sense of honour and justice conflict with the fickleness and fluidity in the world
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# Martius Poor Host | Act 1
"I request you to give my poor host freedom" | Coriolanus shows his humanity
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# Menenius Noble Man | Act 4
"We are all undone, unless the noble man have mercy." - Menenius shows that in truth Coriolanus is the noble one while Rome have been wicked
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# Martius Peace | Act 5
"all the swords of Italy could not have made this peace" - Coriolanus shows his ability to use a humane solution to find peace for all
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# Martius Beast | Act 4
"The beast / with many heads butts me away" | beast represents the public that judges Coriolanus, juxta to dragon imagery- class divide ## Footnote Coriolanus refers to the general public as "the beast with many heads" in Act 4, Scene 1. This is a reference to the Hydra, a beast that could devour men. Cutting off one of its heads was useless since another would grow in its place. This is a fitting representation of the public from Coriolanus's point of view. There would always be someone present to judge him and remind him of his humanity.
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# Brutus, Menenius Martius bear | Act 2
"He's a lamb indeed, that baas like a bear" "He's a bear indeed, that lives like a lamb" | Chiasmus, wolf in sheeps clothing, animal imagery
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# Volumnia, Menenius Coriolanus wounds | Act 2
"he had before his last expedition twenty-five wounds upon him." "Now its twenty-seven. Every gash was an enemies grave" | body imagery, numerical value, dehumanised
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# First officer, Second officer Coriolanus Worthy | Act 2
f "he waved indifferently" s "he hath deserved worthily of his country" f "he's a worthy man" | admire his attitude, want him to become consul
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# Coriolanus Wounds | Act 2
"I had rather have my wounds to heal again Than hear say how I got them" "Fo my wounds' sake to give their sufferage" | doesn't care for it to be discussed, dampens honour
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# Cominius Young Martius | Act 2
"Amazonian chin" "bristled lips" "when he might act the woman in the scene, He proved best man i'th'field" | even when young and 'womanly' he was the best
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# Cominius Young Martius Blood | Act 2
"He was a thing of blood" | links to Norton
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# Third Citizen Tongues | Act 2
"we are to put our tongues into those wounds" | sexual, desire to consume Coriolanus, body politic
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# Brutus God Complex | Act 3
"You speak o'th'people As if you were a god to punish, not a man if their infirmity" | god complex, classism
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# Sicinius, Brutus Disease | Act 3
"He's a disease that much be cut away" "[cut him away] lest his infection.. spread further" | body politic
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# Volumnia Disease | Act 4
"red pestilside strike all trades in Rome" | body politic, blaming plebians
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# Martius Volumnia Hercules | Act 4
"If you had been the wife of Hercules, Six of his labours you'd have done, and saved Yo husband so much sweat" | feminine + masculine qualities
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# Martius Dragon | Act 4
"like to a lonely dragon" | mightly + mythical, a legend
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# Sicinius, Volumnia Masculinity | Act 4
"Are you mandkind?" "Ay, fool.. Was not a man my father?" | gender roles
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# Martius Rome | Act 4
"whose hours, whos bed, whose meal" "My birthplace hate , and my love's upon This enemy town" "If he slay me, He does fair justice" | domestic side, mirrors Aufidius speech, juxtaposition
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# Aufidius Coriolanus dream | Act 4
"more dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw" "I have nightly since Dreamt of encounters 'twixt thyself and me" "Unbuckling helms, fisting each other's throats" | GAAAAAAAAAY
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# Cominius God | Act 4
"He is their god. He leads them like a thing Made by some other deity than Nature" | Coriolanus god complex, nature vs. law
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# First citizen, second, third Regret | Act 4
"When I said banish him, I said 'twas pity" "And so did I" "And so did I" | hypocricy, cowards going back on their word
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# Aufidius Dragon | Act 4
"Dragon-like" "good husbandry for the Volscian state" | reference to Martius own words and GAAAAAY
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# Cominius Dragon | Act 5
"Till he had forged himself a name i'th'fire Of burning Rome" | dragon reference
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# Martius Knees | Act 5
"What's this? Your knees to me? To your corrected son?" _he raises her_ | convinced by his mother to not invade Rome
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# Volumnia Bound | Act 5
"There's no man in the world More bound to's mother" | boy mom fr
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# Menenius Dragon | Act 5
"This Martius is grown from man to dragon. He has wings, he's more than a creeping thing"
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# Sicinius Mother | Act 5
"He loved his mother dearly"
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# Aufidius, Martius Traitor | Act 5
A "He hath abused your powers." C "Traitor? How now?" A "Ay, traitor, Martius!" C "Martius?" A "Ay, Martius! Caius Martius!" | loss of his honour, loss of his name and idenity, severed relationship
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# Aufidius Sorrow | Act 5
"My rage is gone, And I am struck with sorrow." "Yet he shall have a noble memory" | giving him a noble funeral - avoiding naming Martius
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# Stage directions End line | Act 5
*Exeunt, bearing the body of Martius. A dead march sounded* | retains his name
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# Menenius Heardsmen | Act 2 Scene 1
"the herdsmen of the beastly plebeians"
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# Coriolanus Melt | Act 5 Scene 3
"I melt and am not / Of stronger earth than others." ## Footnote This is Coriolanus's admission he is not above having the feelings of others.

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