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* [[Evil Matriarch]]: Volumnia may not be exactly evil, but she is certainly extremely cunning and manipulative.
* [[Foe Yay]]: Canon, and in spades.
** ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_19245_the-6-most-wtf-moments-from-shakespeare-plays_p2.html This]The [[Cracked]]6 articleMost WTF Moments from Shakespeare Plays] pretty much points it all out.
** In the 2011 adaptation, the way that Aufidius looks at Martius--especially when he's {{spoiler|cradling his dead body in his arms}}--screams this trope at the top of its metaphorical lungs.
* [[Gray and Gray Morality]]: Coriolanus' total contempt for the common people is clearly shown to be a serious fault, but he makes some good points (see [[Democracy Is Bad]] above) and the two men who claim to be "voices of the people" are described, as [[Ambition Is Evil|ambitious]] by [[Reasonable Authority Figure|Menenius]].