One scene in this work compares the ruling powers to a stomach that deliberately and fairly distributes nourishment to the rest of the body, which represents society.
One scene in this work compares the ruling powers to a stomach that deliberately and fairly distributes nourishment to the rest of the body, which represents society. In Act I, a group of citizens are told, "You may as well strike at heaven with your staves as lift them" against the state by Menenius. Although the play begins with Cominius and Titus Lartius joining the title character in a successful campaign, the central character dooms himself by allying with the Volscian general Tullus Aufidius. Other characters include the tribunes Brutus and Sicinius and Menenius, a nobleman who appeases the plebeians. Featuring the titular Roman general Caius Martius, for 10 points name this drama of Shakespeare.
One scene in this work compares the ruling powers to a stomach that deliberately and fairly distributes nourishment to the rest of the body, which represents society.
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