A side-by-side translation of Act 1, Scene 7 of Coriolanus from the original Shakespeare into modern English.
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Source: Folger Shakespeare Library | |
Titus Lartius, having set a guard upon Corioles, going | Outside the gates of Corioles, Titus Lartius and a bunch of Roman soldiers have stayed behind to guard the city they've just sacked. |
LARTIUS LIEUTENANT Fear not our care, sir. LARTIUS Hence, and shut your gates upon ’s. They exit, the Lieutenant one way, Lartius another. | Shakespeare ups the dramatic tension by letting us know that if Caius Martius and his troops lose the battle in the field, there's no way Rome can keep the city.... |