"Slaying the Dragon in Shakespeare's Coriolanus: A Jungian, Archetypal Analysis"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo767/
Author:
	Russell, Jesse.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2023
Publication Information:
	International Journal of Jungian Studies 15 (2023): 136–56.
Annotation:
	Building on Coriolanus's self-description as a "lonely dragon," presents Coriolanus as an archetypal dragon: predatory, greedy, and "think[ing] of himself as being superior to the human condition." Positions Aufidius as archetypal dragon slayer. Suggests that Shakespeare's dragon imagery draws on Scandinavian literature and Nordic myth.  English summary, 136.
Language:
	English
Tags:
	Coriolanus, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare's Sources and Influences on Shakespeare
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo767