Coriolanus

About this book

Coriolanus is a fierce, elemental tragedy that follows a renowned Roman general whose uncompromising pride and disdain for the common people propel him from battlefield glory into a lethal political arena. Shakespeare pits visceral battlefield honor against the volatile theater of civic life, where rhetoric, rumor and the hungry mob reshape loyalty, ambition and identity. Stark, eloquent and vividly staged, the play interrogates power, belonging and the cost of inflexibility—unfolding a compact, merciless portrait of a hero undone as much by his inner code as by the public stage, and its fierce moral complexity still resonates for modern readers and audiences.