@SCORNDOGGMELACH: The conflict between the Roman nobility and the common folk is quite eternalised here by Shakespeare, who does present the argument in its highest and purest form: Should birth, nobility, merit and virtue have the say in the state or the popular opinion? By the way: Elections are assumed always as an aristocratic element by the great philosophers of state such as Aristotle or Rousseau.
"They have a leader, Tullus Aufidius, that will put you to 't. I sin in envying his nobility, And were I any thing but what I am, I would wish me only he. (…) Were half to half the world by the ears and he. Upon my party, I'ld revolt to make Only my wars with him: he is a lion That I am proud to hunt."
Who ever has taken the pilgrimage to eternal Rome to dwell in the ruins of the great city, which was once indeed the she-wolf of the world, will notice that the scenery here was built after the very model of the Senate house in Rome and this gives the whole movie some shine of glory, adding to the radiant poetry of Shakespeare something more! While the envy Coriolanus felt for his Nemesis Aufidius indicates how much they are in a typological sense a pair of hostile brothers:
thank you so much
shin26ify 1 week ago
Wonderful. Thank You.
Loumademe 2 weeks ago
Occupy Patrician Rome! Ha ha.
amaxamon 3 months ago
@SCORNDOGGMELACH: The conflict between the Roman nobility and the common folk is quite eternalised here by Shakespeare, who does present the argument in its highest and purest form: Should birth, nobility, merit and virtue have the say in the state or the popular opinion? By the way: Elections are assumed always as an aristocratic element by the great philosophers of state such as Aristotle or Rousseau.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 4 months ago
"GO GET YE HOME YOU FRAGMENTS!"
SCORNDOGGMELACH 4 months ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar "HANG EM' THEEEEYYY SAAAAAYYY?"
SCORNDOGGMELACH 4 months ago
This is my absolute favorite version of Coriolanus. I love the woman who plays Volumnia...such malice and "well meaning" rolled into one
TheHumanFiction 6 months ago
"They have a leader, Tullus Aufidius, that will put you to 't. I sin in envying his nobility, And were I any thing but what I am, I would wish me only he. (…) Were half to half the world by the ears and he. Upon my party, I'ld revolt to make Only my wars with him: he is a lion That I am proud to hunt."
FireEyedMaidOfWar 1 year ago
Who ever has taken the pilgrimage to eternal Rome to dwell in the ruins of the great city, which was once indeed the she-wolf of the world, will notice that the scenery here was built after the very model of the Senate house in Rome and this gives the whole movie some shine of glory, adding to the radiant poetry of Shakespeare something more! While the envy Coriolanus felt for his Nemesis Aufidius indicates how much they are in a typological sense a pair of hostile brothers:
FireEyedMaidOfWar 1 year ago