With So Good a Wife: Love and Violence in Shakespeare Plays of Suspected Infidelity

Acknowledgements This thesis would not have been possible without the efforts and assistance of many other people. I would like to extend a special thanks to Prof. YuJin Ko, without whose superhuman support and understanding, this thesis would never have been possible. Prof. Ko's wealth of experience and knowledge, not to mention his encouragement, has made my work and me immeasurably better. My parents for their support of my love of theater and Shakespeare, as well as everything they did to make this thesis possible. My sister, Hannah Ridge, for her encouragement and her willingness to hear me rant, comment, or muse endlessly about all things Shakespeare, for condoling with me about the pains of thesising, and for every time she and Natalie Gogotsi told me, " Permission to quit denied – keep trying. " Sandy and David Chantry for teaching me to be " strong like bull " and teaching generations of Buskies that the play's the thing. The Wellesley College Shakespeare Society, members past and present, for keeping the love of Shakespeare alive and well on Wellesley campus and always reminding me why I study the things I do. A special thanks to Lisbeth Stone for introducing me to Cymbeline, to my LXV siblings for always backing me up, and to Erin Nealer for moving heaven and earth to help me. It is to be all made of faith and service.