Selfish Mother

"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,
If not most mortal to him. But let it come."
(V.iii.186-90)

As I posted in the class blog, this entire scene shows how weak Coriolanus is against his mother. In this quote, he seems to know that something bad, likely death, is about to happen to him and he accepts it but also knows that his mother won the victory she desired through that. I really believe that his mother is worse than I thought in the beginning. First, she seemed to just want to live vicariously through her son. Here, however, she returns to Rome as the hero even though it cost her son his life. She does not seem remorseful just the same way that Coriolanus was not remorseful about turning against Rome. It is all a bit strange, but frightening moreso that a parent could be so power hungry that she would guilt trip her son and drive him to his death and still welcome all of the glory.