1. Silence as a Sign of Emotional Intent in Shakespeare's
... , characterized by critics to show the calloused nature of Volumnia, allows in performance a comic nature to the scene provided by Menenius" counterpoint dialog that escalates the emotionless accounting and helps define a bourgeois personality for Volumnia. A reviewer of the 1979 RSC production agreed when he compared her to the "Jewish-American mother" in Portnoy's Complaint. 3 This enter twining humor humanizes Volumnia while ... of the audience. Finding clues as to Shakespeare's intent by comparing Coriolanus to other works he has written provides a strong bases to believe in Volumnia...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate