Coriolanus Play: Overview & Resources

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Shakespeare’s Coriolanus play is set mainly in Rome. Some of the scenes are set in the Volscian cities of Corioli and Antium. Read more on Coriolanus settings.

Date written: 1605 – 1608

Genre classification: Coriolanus is a Roman Play

Main characters in Coriolanus:  Caius Marcius, afterwards Caius Marcius Coriolanus

Volumnia, Mother to Coriolanus

Virgilia, Wife to Coriolanus

Valeria, Friend to Virgilia

Coriolanus themes: Pride and its consequences – ruin, lack of judgement – is the main theme of the Coriolnaus play. Envy is another theme. Class conflict is explored in the play.
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