This chapter explores the relationship between literature and psychoanalysis by examining Freud’s conspicuous silence on Coriolanus. The first section draws on Derrida’s reflections on the tranche (slice/session/cut) as a metaphor for the mutable boundaries of the analytic, suggesting that literature may operate as an “other scene” for Freudian psychoanalysis. The second section traces the threads of Freud’s work as they move toward—and ultimately retreat from—Coriolanus, asking what prevented Freud from engaging with a play that resonates so closely with many of the themes he investigated. Finally, through a close reading of Coriolanus alongside Freud’s case history of the Wolfman, the chapter argues that the play can speak to the fragility of the Oedipal structure.