Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Another One - IOC Outline for Coriolanus
A: Contextualize
-Act 1 Scene III
-Our first Introduction to significant secondary characters in Volumnia and Virgilia(Mother and Wife of Martius) in a domestic setting
-Shortly after Coriolanus/Martius returns from the victory at Corioli
B: Overview
-The Passage is a conversation between Virgilia and Volumnia.
-It involves both women who are close to Coriolanus and have a significant relationship
C: Purpose
-To indirecytly characterize coriolanus from his mother's perspective(secondary characters).
D: Structure
- Linear structure in sequential pattern
- This passage is a represented with two dialogue characters
-Passage situated in a calm setting(household/domestic) contrary to the tone of the previous scene
-Small Soliloquy by Volumnia expressing her opinions clearly, establishing some authority over Virgilia
-Out
E: Main idea
- Purpose and significance were to express how two secondary characters of close relations can help characterize Coriolanus, but more important the indirect characterization of Coriolanus through Volumnia(the mother's) perspective. It is worth mentioning that is very obvious to the audience where Coriolanus gets his attitude/values from based on the soliloquy which contributes to the mood and tone of the passage.
Comment on Shakespeare's Characterization of Volumnia
What is significant about Shakespeare's use of imagery in this passage?
1. In the following passage, Shakespeare's intentions are clear and simple with the characterization of Volumnia. It is worth noting that this scene takes place in Act 1 Scene 3, therefore this is the first time the audience is exposed to both Virgilia and Volumnia. Contrary to the previous scene of which Coriolanus returns as a hero from a blood bath in Corioli, the setting of the domestic(sewing in household) provides a calmness at first glance however, in regard to the first guiding question we can see this is not the case through Volumnia's speech. In Lines 1-5, Volumnia expresses how if Coriolanus was not her son, she would restrain him, but in lines 20-14, this can be argued against as Volumnia makes it clear about her values and attitudes towards Rome saying " I had rather had eleven die nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action", which means she is proud of Coriolanus willing to fight and would rather lose him than essentially lose Rome. In retrospective we can see that this could foreshadow the conclusion of the plot, as volumnia is declared the hero of Rome toward the end of the story. Throughout the passage she is referred to using very aggressive vocabulary supporting her son's bloodlust and hunger to fight. Shakespeare does this intentionally to possibly contrast her to Coriolanus' wife Virgilia who is in fact the opposite.
2. Shakespeare makes significant use of imagery throughout the passage, describing bloody brows, vicious bears , and honorable men. Each of these are significant to Volumnia's speech of which she is describing her son and the valor of Rome. This is to display and characterize Coriolanus as a honorable and brave hero as well as an exaggeration to her values and morals toward Rome being superior to those such as Aufidius or previously independent Corioli.
-Act 1 Scene III
-Our first Introduction to significant secondary characters in Volumnia and Virgilia(Mother and Wife of Martius) in a domestic setting
-Shortly after Coriolanus/Martius returns from the victory at Corioli
B: Overview
-The Passage is a conversation between Virgilia and Volumnia.
-It involves both women who are close to Coriolanus and have a significant relationship
C: Purpose
-To indirecytly characterize coriolanus from his mother's perspective(secondary characters).
D: Structure
- Linear structure in sequential pattern
- This passage is a represented with two dialogue characters
-Passage situated in a calm setting(household/domestic) contrary to the tone of the previous scene
-Small Soliloquy by Volumnia expressing her opinions clearly, establishing some authority over Virgilia
-Out
E: Main idea
- Purpose and significance were to express how two secondary characters of close relations can help characterize Coriolanus, but more important the indirect characterization of Coriolanus through Volumnia(the mother's) perspective. It is worth mentioning that is very obvious to the audience where Coriolanus gets his attitude/values from based on the soliloquy which contributes to the mood and tone of the passage.
Comment on Shakespeare's Characterization of Volumnia
What is significant about Shakespeare's use of imagery in this passage?
1. In the following passage, Shakespeare's intentions are clear and simple with the characterization of Volumnia. It is worth noting that this scene takes place in Act 1 Scene 3, therefore this is the first time the audience is exposed to both Virgilia and Volumnia. Contrary to the previous scene of which Coriolanus returns as a hero from a blood bath in Corioli, the setting of the domestic(sewing in household) provides a calmness at first glance however, in regard to the first guiding question we can see this is not the case through Volumnia's speech. In Lines 1-5, Volumnia expresses how if Coriolanus was not her son, she would restrain him, but in lines 20-14, this can be argued against as Volumnia makes it clear about her values and attitudes towards Rome saying " I had rather had eleven die nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action", which means she is proud of Coriolanus willing to fight and would rather lose him than essentially lose Rome. In retrospective we can see that this could foreshadow the conclusion of the plot, as volumnia is declared the hero of Rome toward the end of the story. Throughout the passage she is referred to using very aggressive vocabulary supporting her son's bloodlust and hunger to fight. Shakespeare does this intentionally to possibly contrast her to Coriolanus' wife Virgilia who is in fact the opposite.
2. Shakespeare makes significant use of imagery throughout the passage, describing bloody brows, vicious bears , and honorable men. Each of these are significant to Volumnia's speech of which she is describing her son and the valor of Rome. This is to display and characterize Coriolanus as a honorable and brave hero as well as an exaggeration to her values and morals toward Rome being superior to those such as Aufidius or previously independent Corioli.
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