Coriolanus, feat. Katherine Bradshaw | Episode VI
New Humanists
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The Corsus Anatum, the Highest Office in Roman Political Life?
Ri: The way that this play is set up, you have this character that is very much not suited to be a consul. Ye, the play makes it very clear that this isn't really what he wants. Mean, he says, i'd rather be their servant, i e, the people's servant in my way, than sway rule them in theirs. But the kind of structure of honor is saying, you got to be a Consul. That's kind of what's setting the train tracks towards a collision here.
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