Tragedies of Shakespeare: Coriolanus

Coriolanus is the last written of Shakespeare’s tragedies and the one which most clearly pits the struggle between different classes as being an important part of the reason why things change. In many ways, Coriolanus prefigures Marxist analysis of society and history in that it depicts the conflict between the working classes of Rome with the aristocratic class that Coriolanus depicts as being the reason why things happen.

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Tragedies of Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra

Of all of Shakespeare’s plays, Antony and Cleopatra is the one that probably divides opinions the most. Few people can be sure of whether the two protagonists behave in a defensible way, given that they appear willing to privilege their personal desires over the needs of the people of their nations and empires.

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