HTA – “Look, sir, my wounds!”: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus As a Caution Against the Catastrophic Culture of Display

Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Nancy Kerns (Blue Mountain College) will present her public lecture, “”Look, sir, my wounds!”: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus As a Caution Against the Catastrophic Culture of Display.” This presentation will take place in the Modena Lowrey Berry Auditorium on BMC’s campus in Blue Mountain. Reception to follow.

The toxicity of the culture of display is not a new revelation. Shakespeare deals with it in Coriolanus. He shows how displaying oneself in a performative manner encourages duplicity and distortion, whereas casting off one’s need to be seen allows one to live truthfully. His message reaches across time to encompass the dangers of some current social media trends.