...himself which is involved in his sparing Rome. But, despite this, nature prevails. O mother, mother! What have you done? Behold, the heavens do ope, The gods look down, and this unnatural scene They laugh at. O my mother, mother! O! You have won a happy \ ictory to Rome; But, for your son,...

...Coriolanus knows that his decision to spare Rome must also mean his own death : O mother, mother I What have you done ? Behold, the heavens do ope, The gods look down, and this unnatural scene They laugh at. O my mother, mother! Ol You have won a happy victory to Rome; But, for your son,...

...Rome, his life is put in jeopardy, but he also knows that he has never been capable of refusing her: O mother, mother! O You have won a happy victory to Rome; But for your son — believe it, O believe it! — Most dangerously have you with him prevailed, If not most mortal...

...what, following Lady Macbeth, we may call his "human kindness" (emphasis added): O mother, mother! What have you done? Behold, the heavens do ope, The gods look down, and this unnatural scene They laugh at. O my mother, mother, O! You have won a happy victory to Rome; But for your son,...

...protagonist capitulates to his mother and decides to spare his native city of Rome: O mother, mother! What have you done? Behold, the heavens do ope, The gods look down, and this unnatural scene They laugh at. O mv mother, mother! O! (5.3.182-85) Unlike Hamlet, Coriolanus is an inarticulate...

...belatedly suggested (5.3.121-22, 1 32-40), he characterizes it as a complete victory for the Romans: "O my mother, mother! O! / You have won a happy victory to Rome" (5.3.185-86). Virtually confessing his betrayal of the Volscians, he presents his acceding to his mother...

...willingness to attack Rome and yet laments that his failure to do so might prove costly, even deadly: O my mother, mother! O! You have won a happy victory to Rome; But, for your son, — believe it, O, believe it, Most dangerously you have with him prevail'd, If not most mortal...