More Coriolanus Tableaus

Volumnia and Virgillia begging Coriolanus

 After been given Act 5 from Coriolanus (our act) we had to pick out 3 important sections from the plot.

This first still shot shows Volumina and Virgillia begging to Coriolanus not to fight Rome. This is because Coriolanus loves his mum very much and listens to what she has to say. Me (Volumnia) and Emma (Virgillia) are pleading at different levels to show effect so that  Coriolanus knows how much this means to others. I am pleading with my fists clenched together, with tears almost falling from my eyes.  Emma on the floor makes Caius see that the love of his life is devastated. However, this needs to be a powerful image because, Coriolanus knows this could be the end of his life if he backs down now. This tableau also shows Niki (Coriolanus) is almost given in as he is stepping down onto the same level as everybody else, this is to show he has the same amount of power as his mum and to show he's doing it for his family. 

Volumnia has saved Rome

This next image follows on after Coriolanus agreed to take his mother's advice. After the news is spread, everybody thanks his mother and his wife and are known as heroes. You can see that Volumnia is known as the main hero because she is higher up and further forward than Virgillia. My facial expression looks happy because I am a proud lady at this time, the body language shows I feel powerful also, I have one hand on my forehead and one on my hip like a solider. It looks as though I have taken over Coriolanus' place. Meanwhile, Coriolanus realises what he has done and what the consequence will be when Aufidius finds out. 

Finally this last image shows the death of Coriolanus. Aufidus is so furious to find out that Coriolanus is no longer fighting Rome, his has to get revenge. Here, I can improve by taking the smile off my face and getting more into the role of somebody killing somebody else. In my opinion this ruins the effect because it doesn't look like it's meant to be a happy scene and this is something I am going to consider to improve for next time. However, I think my body language is good because I am dodging out of the way so I don't get stabbed too. Coriolanus' facial expression is great because his teeth are grinding together to represent anger because he is mad at himself for going against his conscience but he knows it's best for his loving ones. Emma's position is good because she pulled her arm back as though she was really going to stab Coriolanus, just like Karen taught us. 

If Volumina was in the picture, she would be proud of her son even if he is been killed, I know this from the quote where she mentioned she'd would rather have 12 dead and be proud rather than 1 alive and useless. On the other hand, Virgillia would be devastated even if she were proud.