Trans formative Exile: Coriolanus’ Lack of Evolution During his Banishment from Rome
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SummaryWhen the people of Rome exile Coriolanus, he seeks refuge in Antium, throwing himself before his longtime enemy, Tullus Aufidius, and offering himself as a weapon against Rome. Although he has fought countless times for Rome, bringing himself to the brink of death time and time again, the Roman populace disapproves of him from the outset of the play, first for his unbending refusal to give them corn freely, and then for his undiplomatic tendencies in office. They banish him from the city when he refuses to mollycoddle them, as he might put it. Like two other Shakespearian protagonists, Hamlet and King Lear, Coriolanus is exiled under the pretense of protecting the health and stability of the state, but in all three cases, those who do the exiling clearly have ulterior motives. The key difference between these men is how they react to their exiles. Hamlet leaves with the image of Fortinbras’ army imprinted on his brain, spurring him towards action, but somehow he returns calm and collected, save for his brief outburst with Laertes in Act V.i.
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- Trained by his mother, Volumnia, to cherishs glory and valor above all else.
- Claudius wants Hamlet far away from Elsinore so that he cannot kill Claudius.
- Coriolanus is bent upon wreaking vengeance on the city he once called home.
- Coriolanus warns them that he is unbending, unchanged.
- King Claudius sends Hamlet off to England, under the pretense of protecting him from those who would avenge Polonius.
- Coriolanus uses exile to his greatest advantage.
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