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Shakespeare's CORIOLANUS.(the Volscian guard's role)(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
The Explicator; 1/1/2001; BLYTHE, DAVID-EVERETT; 396 words
; When a Volscian guard mocks Menenius Agrippa's would-be appeal as the palsied intercession of a decayed dotant (Coriolanus 5.2.44), [1] the note makers read the latter term as dotard [2despite the harsh slur of senility that decayed has already enforced (although the redundancy increases in that
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V-Mail from a Long-Term Legionnaire
Parnassus : Poetry in Review; 1/1/2005; Miller, John N; 176 words
; -after "Voices, " by Wisiawa Szymborska How can we Romanize the thick-skulled Volscians and Etruscans, eaters of dog-flesh who speak their gibberish through snot-filled noses, Lucius Aemilius? What to do with the Tarquinians ...
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Coriolanus, the Union controversy, and access to the Royal Person.(Critical Essay)
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 3/22/2002; Garganigo, Alex; 10288 words
; ... incorporation, citing the Sabines and the Volscians as peoples it had absorbed. (39) Thus ... Coriolanus, after he defects to the Volscians, plans to unite the two states; his means ... claim that one Roman is equal to four Volscians (I.vil. 78-9), that Coriolanus is worth ...
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The politics of gratitude.(Opinion)
First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 12/1/2004; Leithart, Peter J.; 1469 words
; ... and conquer Rome on behalf of the Volscians. Aufidius accepts his help, and under the command of Coriolanus the Volscians win several battles and threaten ... with Aufidius, he returns to the Volscians, who accuse him of treachery and ...
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EMOTION LOST AMID THE BATTLES OF 'CORIOLANUS'.(LIVING)(Theater review)(Review)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 5/26/2000; Stein, Jerry; 422 words
; ... opened Thursday night, director Jasson Minadakis has some commanding stage ideas. The fighting between the Romans and the Volscians is ritualistic. No weapons are used. Coriolanus (Giles Davies) and the Volscian general Aufidius (Brian Isaac Phillips) dip ...
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In 'Coriolanus,' it's all about the fighting: Fierce mother stands out in Shakespeare's story of a tragic general and the futility of war.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD); 4/22/2007; 792 words
; ... who is given the name Coriolanus after he defeats the enemy Volscians in the city of Corioli. Encouraged to run for consul, he ... he offers his services to his archrival, Aufidius, as the Volscians prepare to descend on Rome. But warlike as Coriolanus may ... The Baltimore Sun Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune ...
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(theater review)
Variety; 8/21/2000; TAYLOR, MARKLAND; 762 words
; ... had a great victory against the enemy Volscians at Corioli, he's a mass of flaws. A Roman ... he opts to become a traitor, join the Volscians and wage war on Rome. Before he can do ... prevail upon him to change his mind. The Volscians now see him as a traitor to them and ...
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The common good and the necessity of war: emergent republican ideals in Shakespeare's Henry V and Coriolanus.
Comparative Drama; 3/22/2006; Banerjee, Rita; 8190 words
; ... triumphant return after the defeat of the Volscians, a victory greeted by the entire populace ... as his reckless utterances before the Volscians demonstrate: If you have writ your annals ... eagle in a dove-cote, I / Flutter'd your Volscians in Corioles (5.6.113-15; my emphasis ...
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All of Cedar City's a stage
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 7/3/2007; Ivan M. Lincoln Deseret Morning News; 2805 words
; ... live high on the hog) and the blood-strewn battlefields, where Caius Martius is almost single-handedly defeating the rival Volscians. Taking the city of Corioles by storm, Martius is given a hero's welcome when he returns triumphantly to Rome and is granted ...
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TRAGEDY SKIPS WEAPONS, BUT NOT BLOOD.(LIVING)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 5/25/2000; Stein, Jerry; 467 words
; ... first act is war. You've got the war between the patricians and plebians over corn. You've got the war between Rome and the Volscians. ''Then, the situation switches. You are in the realm of politics. It's a warfare of ideas and swaying public opinion. It ...
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