Has
he disciplined Aufidius soundly?
-Menenius
Okay, in this context Aufidius is a foe in battle. Knowing that, it is easy to construe that the intended meaning of the word disciplined in this sentence is beat or defeated. Not knowing that, and not having any sense of what’s going on, you might assume that Menenius is asking whether or not Coriolanus made Aufidius sit in the corner of the classroom with a dunce cap on. But if you were attending this play, and you’d paid attention up to this point in Act Two, you should certainly have a sense of what’s going on. If you don’t know what going on at this point, perhaps it’s you who should be sitting in the corner wearing the dunce cap.
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