R. Reddebrek

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The only intelligent course of action, she says, is for Coriolanus to do what, in effect, the elite have always known how to do:   to speak To th’ people, not by your own instruction, Nor by th’ matter which your heart prompts you, But with such words that are but roted in Your tongue, though but bastards and syllables Of no allowance to your bosom’s truth.     (3.2.52– 57) Just lie.
Tyrant: Shakespeare on Power
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