A side-by-side translation of Act 4, Scene 4 of Coriolanus from the original Shakespeare into modern English.
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Source: Folger Shakespeare Library | |
Enter Coriolanus in mean apparel, disguised, CORIOLANUS Enter a Citizen. Save you, sir. CITIZEN CORIOLANUS Direct me, if it be your will, CITIZEN CORIOLANUS Which is his house, beseech CITIZEN CORIOLANUS Thank you, sir. Farewell. | Meanwhile, Coriolanus shows up in Antium. He's looking for Tullus Aufidius so they can get together and destroy Rome. |
O world, thy slippery turns! Friends now fast sworn, He exits. | Coriolanus delivers a soliloquy about how crazy it is that he's about to become BFF's with Tullus Aufidius when not long so ago he wanted to kill the guy. He also reflects about how he used to love Rome, but now he wants to burn it to the ground. Life is just crazy like that, you know. |