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Coriolanus, or Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, was a Roman general that became a traitor against Rome after the Roman people turned against him. William Shakespeare later wrote a tragedy about the events, Coriolanus. My personal interpretation of the figure comes from William Hazlitt's Characters of Shakespear's Plays: Coriolanus is a powerful and elite figure that feels that the weak and corrupt do not deserve the generosity of the strong, which is the very basis of the concept of poetic justice. However, he is not to blame for this mindset but human nature itself, as the human imagination glorifies the strong to such a heroic state that they cannot help but act like gods over ants. In the end, he is destroyed by his strength and pride.