Coriolanus
About This Novel
"Coriolanus" is a play written by the British playwright William Shakespeare in his later years. It is a tragedy and was first published in 1623. The play tells the tragedy of Marcellus (known as Coriolanus), a hero of the Roman Republic, who was expelled from Rome because of his suspicious character and bad temper, which offended the public. The author uses the relationship between the hero and the masses as the main line to reveal the weaknesses of human nature. Through the description of the sharp conflicts between the upper-class rulers of Rome and the people, and the national conflicts between Rome and the Vols Kingdom, the work shows the multi-faceted and complex social life in Britain at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign and the beginning of Stuart's rule.
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