# Coriolanus — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Coriolanus by William Shakespeare.

- [Act I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-i.md): Coriolanus — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-i-scene-i.md): A group of mutinous citizens, armed with staves and clubs, gather in Rome to protest against the patricians, particularly targeting Caius Marcius for his pride and enmity toward the common people. Menenius Agrippa attemp
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-i-scene-ii.md): In the Volscian senate-house, Tullus Aufidius and senators discuss Rome's awareness of their plans. Aufidius reveals intelligence that Rome has raised an army led by Cominius, Marcius, and Titus Lartius, likely targeting
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iii.md): In Marcius's home, Volumnia and Virgilia sew while Volumnia extols the virtues of martial honor over domestic comfort, recounting how she sent her son to war as a youth. Virgilia expresses fear for her husband's safety, 
- [Scene IV: Before Corioli](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iv.md): Marcius and Titus Lartius lead Roman forces before the Volscian city of Corioli. After a brief parley with senators on the walls, the Volsces sally forth and initially drive the Romans back. Marcius, enraged by his soldi

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- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-i-scene-v.md)
- [Scene VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-i-scene-vi.md)
- [Scene VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-i-scene-vii.md)
- [Scene VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-i-scene-viii.md)
- [Scene IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-i-scene-ix.md)
- [Scene X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-i-scene-x.md)
- [Act II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-ii.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iii.md)
- [Act III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iii.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iii.md)
- [Act IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iv.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iv.md)
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-v.md)
- [Scene VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-vi.md)
- [Scene VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-vii.md)
- [Act V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-v.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-v-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-v-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-v-scene-iv.md)
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-v-scene-v.md)
- [Scene VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-v-scene-vi.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/coriolanus_se/chapters/act-v-scene-vi.md)

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