Ithaca College

On Tuesday, March 31, at 5:15 p.m. in the Cayuga Lake Meeting Room, Kimberly Huth will present a talk on revenge in Shakespeare's comedies. The talk is sponsored by the English department and the English honor society. It is open to all interested members of the Ithaca College community and the public; refreshments will be served.

Huth is a 2003 graduate of Ithaca College, where she majored in English and minored in honors. Currently, she is completing a Ph.D in English literature at the University of Wisconsin.

Huth's talk will ask the question: "Why are Shakespeare's comedies so vindictive and vengeful?" The talk will investigate what it is that revenge contributes to Shakespearean comedy, looking closely at one play in particular, The Merry Wives of Windsor. In this play, revenge combines physical pain with laughter and festivity in a way that incorporates everyone involved into the community of Windsor and allows them all to "laugh o'er the sport."