The play, Coriolanus, is more about human fallacy than politics, as the politics in the story are balanced, which is displayed through the many characters.
The fallacy is most evident in the plebeians and their fickleness, which can clearly be seen in how easily manipulated they are by both the tribunes and the patricians. The individual opinions of the plebeians never really shine through, and they are always regarded as one voice, which lends to why they are so easily swayed. They are so easily persuaded that they even contradict themselves. Caius Martius Coriolanus says to the plebs: “Where he should find you lions, finds you hares; where foxes, geese: you are no surer, no, than is the coal of fire upon the ice, or hailstone in the sun.” bringing the betrayal of their country because of their cowardice to light, yet when they decide to overthrow and banish him, their main reasoning is because he is a traitor. This shows how fallacy plays a large role in the decisions that the plebeians make.
Evidence of fallacy can also be found in the characters, Sicinius and Brutus, who are both deceitful and persuasive. While the plebeians assume they are in control, they are simply puppets being manipulated by their tribunes. Brutus acknowledges how fickle the plebs…show more content… It sums up how he doesn’t care for them at all, and he even goes as far as saying that he wouldn’t mind if they were all killed. “It is a part that I shall blush in acting”, is another quote from him, from later in the play. This quote reveals how he is not really going to be sincere with the plebs, but is merely pretending to do so in order to obtain their votes so that he can become consul. This reveals the corruption and dishonesty in the politics in the play, which once again reinforces the theme of fallacy in
