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I thank you, General, but cannot make my heart consent
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Coriolanus

I thank you, General, butcannot make my heart consent to take a bribe to pay my sword

I thank you, General, but
cannot make my heart consent to take a bribe to pay my sword

Full Transcript

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I thank you, General, but cannot make my heart consent
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to take a bribe to pay my sword.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:22
Uploaded
Nov 03, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
Stratford Festival,Ontario Creates,Melbar Entertainment Group,CBC

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Movie Summary

Roman War hero Martius, alias Coriolanus, is named consul, Rome's highest public office. But the warrior is no politician - and he faces unaccustomed enemies who fan the flames of populism against him, with catastrophic results.
I do refuse it and stand upon my common part - Coriolanus 00:07
I do refuse it and stand upon my common part
No more, I say, for that I have not washed my nose that bled - Coriolanus 00:11
No more, I say, for that I have not washed my nose that bled
You shout me forth in acclamations, - Coriolanus 00:10
You shout me forth in acclamations,
Therefore be it known, as to us to all the world - Coriolanus 00:20
Therefore be it known, as to us to all the world
Caius Marcus Coriolanus! - Coriolanus 00:06
Caius Marcus Coriolanus!
Caius Marcus Coriolanus! Caius Marcus Coriolanus! - Coriolanus 00:09
Caius Marcus Coriolanus! Caius Marcus Coriolanus!
I will go wash, and when my face is fair, - Coriolanus 00:10
I will go wash, and when my face is fair,
The gods begin to mock me, - Coriolanus 00:13
The gods begin to mock me,
I sometimes lay here in Coriolis at a poor man's house. - Coriolanus 00:07
I sometimes lay here in Coriolis at a poor man's house.
He used me kindly, he cried to me, I saw him prisoner - Coriolanus 00:09
He used me kindly, he cried to me, I saw him prisoner
Well begged, were he the butcher of my son, - Coriolanus 00:09
Well begged, were he the butcher of my son,
I am weary, yea, my memory is tired. - Coriolanus 00:06
I am weary, yea, my memory is tired.
The blood upon your visage dries, huh? - Coriolanus 00:05
The blood upon your visage dries, huh?
'Tis time it should be looked to, come. - Coriolanus 00:06
'Tis time it should be looked to, come.
Easy, easy, easy, easy. - Coriolanus 00:06
Easy, easy, easy, easy.
I would I were a Roman, for I cannot, being a Volscian, - Coriolanus 00:10
I would I were a Roman, for I cannot, being a Volscian,
What good condition can a treaty find - Coriolanus 00:07
What good condition can a treaty find
Five times, Marcius, I have fought with thee, - Coriolanus 00:11
Five times, Marcius, I have fought with thee,
If ere again I meet him beard to beard, - Coriolanus 00:08
If ere again I meet him beard to beard,
Mine emulation hath not that honor in't it had - Coriolanus 00:11
Mine emulation hath not that honor in't it had