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"The subject of Coriolanus is the ruin of a noble life through the sin of pride."
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"The subject of Coriolanus is the ruin of a noble life through the sin of pride." Pride is a major factor contributing to the ruin of Coriolanus. This however is not the only reason to his downfall. His nobility, immaturity, family with main influences from his mother, and terrible lack of political knowledge all linked in many different ways to bring him down to his final downfall. The pride of Coriolanus is an issue that runs throughout the play, right from the beginning to the very end. Coriolanus is a patrician and can never lower himself to the level of the plebeians, the common people. "Thanks. - What's the matter, you dissentious rogues, That, rubbing the poor itch of your opinion, Make yourselves scabs?" The quote above is what Coriolanus says to the plebeians when he peaks to them in the first scene of the play. The quote is showing how Coriolanus dislikes...
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