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Act 1
Rome is on the edge of civil unrest. Starving plebeians are rioting over grain shortages, and Caius Martius (soon to be Coriolanus) makes no secret of his contempt for them.
Act 2
Coriolanus returns to Rome as a hero. The Senate wants to make him consul, which is the highest office in Rome.
Act 3
The tribunes spring their trap. They provoke Coriolanus in public, accuse him of being a traitor to Rome, and he explodes exactly as they predicted.
Act 4
Coriolanus goes straight to his enemy. He walks into Aufidius's house in Antium, disguised, and offers to fight for the Volscians against Rome.
Act 5
Rome sends a series of delegations to beg Coriolanus to stop the attack. Cominius fails.
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