Ashley’s Comments (group member since Dec 16, 2013)

Ashley’s comments from the On Tyrants & Tributes : Real World Lessons From The Hunger Games group.

I've always been intrigued by President Snow's first name, Coriolanus, since it is another allusion to Rome as well as a Shakespeare play. I read Coriolanus my freshman year of college, but I've never completely understood why Suzanne Collins chose Coriolanus to be Snow's first name. Any thoughts?