Monologue

Coriolanus Monologue

From Coriolanus by William Shakespeare

male · defiant · 56 sec

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Hail, lords! I am returned your soldier, No more infected with my country’s love Than when I parted hence, but still subsisting Under your great command. You are to know That prosperously I have attempted, and With bloody passage led your wars even to The gates of Rome. Our spoils we have brought home Doth more than counterpoise a full third part The charges of the action. We have made peace With no less honour to the Antiates Than shame to th’ Romans, and we here deliver, Subscribed by th’ Consuls and patricians, Together with the seal o’ th’ Senate, what We have compounded on. (He offers the lords a paper.)

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Coriolanus returns from battle, addressing the lords and asserting his achievements and honor in the face of political complexities and his own conflicted feelings about his country.

30s · determination · power · honor · war · identity

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