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Coriolanus. (film) Coriolanus is a 2011 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's tragedy Coriolanus. It is directed by and stars Ralph Fiennes as the title character, with Gerard Butler as Tullus Aufidius, Vanessa Redgrave as Volumnia, and Brian Cox as Menenius. [5] This is Fiennes' directorial debut. [6]
Gnaeus (or Gaius) Marcius Coriolanus [1] was a Roman general who is said to have lived in the 5th century BC. He received his toponymic cognomen "Coriolanus" following his courageous actions during a Roman siege of the Volscian city of Corioli. He was subsequently exiled from Rome, and led troops of Rome's enemy the Volsci to besiege the city.
Coriolanus Summary. Roman general Coriolanus makes his name defeating an enemy army and defending Rome. The Senate nominates him as consul but he cannot win the people's vote, so he is banished from Rome and allies with his old enemy. He comes to attack Rome, his mother persuades him not to, and his new-found ally kills him for the betrayal.
Coriolanus Full Book Summary. In ancient Rome, in the aftermath of a famine, the common people, or plebeians, demand the right to set their own price for the city's grain supply. In response to their protests, the ruling aristocracy, or patricians, grant the plebeians five representatives, or tribunes--a decision that provokes the ire of the ...
Coriolanus (színmű) A Wikimédia Commons tartalmaz Coriolanus témájú médiaállományokat. A Coriolanus William Shakespeare feltehetően valamikor 1605 és 1608 között írt kései tragédiája. A dráma a legendás római hadvezér, Caius Marcius Coriolanus (i.e. 5. sz.) életén alapul. Petőfi Sándor fordította magyarra 1848-ban, és ...
Venturia at the Feet of Coriolanus, painting by Gaspare Landi. Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus, legendary Roman hero of patrician descent who was said to have lived in the late 6th and early 5th centuries bc; the subject of Shakespeare’s play Coriolanus. According to tradition, he owed his surname to his bravery at the siege of Corioli (493 bc) in ...
Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes), is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious mother (Vanessa Redgrave) to ...
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