Shakespeare's Coriolanus

Shakespeare ramps up the homosexual desire and makes it very, very explicit. He could read if you actually want to hear some of his sexual fantasies about our hero Orphidius. So Coriolanus has quite a few problems with women. It's one of the most brilliant studies of a very, very nasty older woman.

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