Key Quotations (OCR A-Level English Literature): Quizzes
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What imagery does Coriolanus use when calling plebeians 'scabs' in Act 1?
What imagery does Coriolanus use when calling plebeians 'scabs' in Act 1?
Disease imagery
What does Coriolanus compare the citizens to when he calls them 'souls of geese'?
What does Coriolanus compare the citizens to when he calls them 'souls of geese'?
Cowardly & foolish creatures
What literary device is in 'wounds that smart to hear themselves remembered'?
What literary device is in 'wounds that smart to hear themselves remembered'?
Paradox & personification
How does Volumnia react when told her son has been wounded in battle?
How does Volumnia react when told her son has been wounded in battle?
She thanks the gods for it
What does Menenius' fable of the belly represent in Act 1?
What does Menenius' fable of the belly represent in Act 1?
Body politic metaphor for society
What contrast reveals Coriolanus' view of political speech as dishonourable?
What contrast reveals Coriolanus' view of political speech as dishonourable?
'Base tongue' vs 'noble heart'
What does Coriolanus say when banished by Rome in Act 3 Scene 3?
What does Coriolanus say when banished by Rome in Act 3 Scene 3?
'I banish you!'
What metaphor describes Coriolanus' self-destructive anger in Act 4?
What metaphor describes Coriolanus' self-destructive anger in Act 4?
Cannibalistic fury - supping on himself
What does 'I melt' reveal when Coriolanus yields to Volumnia in Act 5?
What does 'I melt' reveal when Coriolanus yields to Volumnia in Act 5?
He acknowledges shared humanity
What tragic irony involves Volumnia's influence on Coriolanus?
What tragic irony involves Volumnia's influence on Coriolanus?
She taught him never to yield, yet she makes him yield