Project Gutenberg 2005-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 90 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Guizot, François 1787 1874 Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, M. (François) Guisot, M. (François) Guizot, Monsieur (François) Guizot, François Coriolan Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Paul Murray, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Coriolan" by William Shakespeare is a tragedy written in the early 17th century. The play centers around the life of Caius Marcius Coriolanus, a Roman general whose pride and disdain for the common people lead to his downfall. It explores themes of power, betrayal, and the tense relationship between the patricians and plebeians in Rome, making it a poignant reflection on human nature and societal conflict. At the start of the play, we find a group of rebellious plebeians in Rome, armed and discussing their grievances about hunger and oppression by the patricians, particularly targeting Coriolanus as their enemy. Ménénius Agrippa, a friend of Coriolanus, intervenes to calm the crowd by telling a fable that likens the state of the city to a body, where the senators are likened to the stomach, nourishing the rest. Meanwhile, Coriolanus himself displays his typical haughtiness and desire for military glory, ultimately gearing up for conflict against the Volsques. The opening sets the stage for a dramatic exploration of patriotic fervor, personal ambition, and the turbulent political atmosphere of ancient Rome. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Tragedies Generals -- Drama Rome -- Drama Coriolanus, Cnaeus Marcius -- Drama PR Text FR Théâtre Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 270785 266861 2024-10-07T04:57:50.326637 2023-09-07T06:47:17.219153 text/html text/html 261589 2020-12-14T06:56:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 94130 2020-12-14T06:56:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 162101 2024-10-07T04:57:56.894076 application/epub+zip 167830 2024-10-07T04:57:52.328604 application/epub+zip 167829 2024-10-07T04:57:51.066643 application/epub+zip 290273 2024-10-07T04:58:00.104059 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277638 2024-10-07T04:57:56.047103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255476 2022-09-07T21:03:41.888374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241922 241719 2024-10-07T04:57:49.355625 2023-09-07T06:47:16.365134 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 236771 2020-12-14T06:56:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 90275 2020-12-14T06:56:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22022 2024-10-07T04:58:00.244060 application/rdf+xml 9746 2024-10-07T04:57:51.629635 image/jpeg 2513 2024-10-07T04:57:51.352624 image/jpeg 156900 2024-10-07T04:57:50.349621 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia