SILESIAN STUDIES IN ENGLISH 2018: Proceedings of the International Conference of English and American Studies
2020
Abstract
This paper explores political friction and different views that are promoted by characters in Shakespeare's play Coriolanus. Concentrating mainly on Martius and his problems with political system, it analyses the connection between thinking, language and action as well as discursive strategies.
It also pays attention to the meaning of his name "Coriolanus." Working with rhetoric as a means of political control, it explores the way law is circumvented to allow Martius's banishment.