QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Coriolanus ACT/SCENE: 2.3 SPEAKER: Third Citizen CONTEXT: FIRST CITIZEN
Once, if he do require our voices, we ought not to deny
him.
SECOND CITIZEN
We may, sir, if we will.
THIRD CITIZEN
We have power in ourselves to do it, but it is a
power that we have no power to do; for if he show us
his wounds and tell us his deeds, we are to put our
tongues into those wounds and speak for them; so, if
he tell us his noble deeds, we must also tell him
our noble acceptance of them. Ingratitude is
monstrous, and for the multitude to be ingrateful,
were to make a monster of the multitude: of the
which we being members, should bring ourselves to be
monstrous members.
FIRST CITIZEN
And to make us no better thought of, a little help
will serve; for once we stood up about the corn, he
himself stuck not to call us the many-headed multitude. DUTCH: Wij hebben de macht aan ons om het te doen, maar
dit is een macht, die wij de macht niet hebben te gebruiken. MORE: Power=Force, strength, ability, whether bodily or intellectual, physical or moral
Monstrous=Shocking, horrible
Compleat:
Multitude=Menigte, veelheid, het gemeene volk, gepeupel
Power (ability or force)=Vermogen, kracht
Monstrous=Wanschapen, gedrochtig Topics: rights, ingratitude, authority, order/society