Abstract:Shakespeare's Coriolanus bears the stamp of Aristotelianism in ways affecting ethics, drama and politics. Steering a course between excess, defect and the mean enables Shakespeare to experiment with a new dramatic geometry; concerns with character excellence develop into questions of character types, and the political model of Aristotle is measured against that of Machiavelli. Coriolanus' quarrel with Aufidius harbours a conflict of doctrines in which virtus is eventually superseded by virtù. The mean is lost … Show more
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