How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #10
VOLUMNIA
[...] or we must lose
The country, our dear nurse, or else thy person,
Our comfort in the country.
[...]
thou shalt no sooner
March to assault thy country than to tread—
Trust to 't, thou shalt not—on thy mother's womb,
That brought thee to this world.
VIRGILIA
Ay, and mine,
That brought you forth this boy, to keep your name
Living to time. (5.3.127-129; 140-146)
When Coriolanus' mom and wife beg him to not to destroy Rome, they tell him that destroying Rome (their "dear nurse") would be like trampling all over his own "mother's womb," along with the womb of his wife, which, of course, is where Coriolanus' son came from. (Um, graphic much?) In other words, they remind him that destroying Rome involves the destruction of Coriolanus' entire family.
Quote #11
CORIOLANUS
O mother, mother!
What have you done? Behold, the heavens do ope,
The gods look down, and this unnatural scene
They laugh at. O my mother, mother, O!
You have won a happy victory to Rome;
But, for your son—believe it, O, believe it!—
Most dangerously you have with him prevailed, (5.3.205-211)
Looking for evidence that Volumnia causes her own son's death? Here's your passage. When Volumnia succeeds in convincing (manipulating?) Coriolanus to make peace with Rome, Coriolanus seems to know that this will ruin him. And he's right—but he does it anyway, for his mommy. Aw. We guess?