Characterisation of Coriolanus in Act 1



In Shakespeare’s play “Coriolanus,” we are introduced to the main character, a man named Martius, a great warrior of the Roman Republic, a man who has a lot of pride and courage. He is a humble person who does not desire acclaims for his accomplishments. It is known that he is very ignorant and has little patience and has no intention to help the ordinary people (lower class) although they may benefit him in the later future, he relies on his physical strengths that are shown in a battle to prove how dominant he is. We later find out that it is actually his mother who is named Volumina, is who has actually shaped his personality, to be a confident, ignorant and the selfish warrior that we all know. In this Act, we aware with his rivalry with Aufidus; We are aware that Coriolanus is more of a military leader than a government leader since we can see that he does not know how to handle the people nor have any sort of connection with them whatsoever, and that big pride he carries, only lead to his banishment from Rome. Overall in this act, we can all say that he is very unpredictable and not like any warriors.

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