The Comedy of Errors | Antipholus of Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus
In the following excerpt, W. Thomas MacCary examines Antipholus of Syracuse from a Freudian perspective, in terms of his relationships with Adriana, Luciana, Aemilia, and Antipholus of Ephesus. William Carroll, in the second selection, discusses how Antipholus of Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus undergo "transformation by doubling."
W. Thomas MacCary
SOURCE: "The Comedy of Errors: A Different Kind of Comedy," in New Literary History, Vol. 9, No. 3, Spring, 1978, pp. 528-34.
[In the following excerpt, MacCary examines Antipholus of Syracuse from a Freudian perspective, in terms of his relationships with Adriana, Luciana, Aemilia, and Antipholus of Ephesus. MacCary notes in particular the significance of both Adriana's and Antipholus of Syracuse's use of the phrase "drop of water" in separate conversations.]
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