Coriolanus (play) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the life of the legendary Roman leader.

The tragedy revolves around Caius Martius Coriolanus, a brilliant Roman general who ultimately is banished from Rome and leads an assault on that same city. Only the pleadings of his mother stop him from sacking Rome, a change of heart which leads to his destruction.

This is one of Shakespeare's later plays, appearing about 1607.

External links

• The Life of Coriolanus, by Plutarch - English translation of Shakespeare's source by John Dryden
• http://classics.mit.edu/Shakespeare/coriolanus/ -- Full text of Shakespeare's play
• The Tragedie of Coriolanus - HTML version of this title.
• Coriolanus - plain vanilla text from Project Gutenberg

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