Coriolanus’s mother died in childbirth right after the rebels bombed the Capitol at the beginning of the war. She made Coriolanus feel safe and loved. To hold onto this feeling, Coriolanus keeps her rose-engraved and rose-scented powder compact to sniff when he wants to feel close to her. Though he thinks of her fondly, others—like Dean Highbottom—suggest she was naïve and silly. Eventually, though, Coriolanus decides to follow in his father’s footsteps, rather than become the kind of person his mother would be proud of.
Coriolanus’s Mother Quotes in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes quotes below are all either spoken by Coriolanus’s Mother or refer to Coriolanus’s Mother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 30
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He went to the bathroom and emptied his pockets. The lake water had reduced his mother’s rose-scented powder to a nasty paste, and he threw the whole thing in the trash. The photos stuck together and shredded when he tried to separate them, so they went the way of the powder. Only the compass had survived the outing.
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Coriolanus’s Mother Quotes in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes quotes below are all either spoken by Coriolanus’s Mother or refer to Coriolanus’s Mother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 30
Quotes
He went to the bathroom and emptied his pockets. The lake water had reduced his mother’s rose-scented powder to a nasty paste, and he threw the whole thing in the trash. The photos stuck together and shredded when he tried to separate them, so they went the way of the powder. Only the compass had survived the outing.
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