Essays on Coriolanus

Although Ralph Fiennes’ film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus sticks largely to the facts as reported in the original story, it differs noticeably from Plutarch’s Life of Coriolanus in terms of how the play tends to compress some events in order to increase the dramatization. Furthermore,...

In Coriolanus, Volumnia is a strong, powerful mother who has raised the seemingly perfect soldier. She is constantly talking of the joys of war and how she hopes to see her son wounded. These wounds and the admiration that comes with them are a place...

In his movie adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play Coriolanus Ralph Fiennes is forced to abandon the Plutarch’s complex literary concepts and focus solely on the central themes due to time restraints. In Fiennes’s film, he uses his access to modern film techniques in order to...

Although Ralph Fiennes’ film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus sticks largely to the facts as reported in the original story, it differs noticeably from Plutarch’s Life of Coriolanus in terms of how the play tends to compress some events in order to increase the dramatization. Furthermore,...

As with many of Shakespeare’s plays, the themes presented in Coriolanus are timeless. One such theme, gender, plays a prevalent role throughout the play. Even in modern day society, all across the world, gender issues are argued and debated. Equal pay, women’s rights to education,...