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The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare

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The Comedy of Errors

The main characters in The Comedy of Errors are the two sets of twins: Antipholus of Syracuse, Antipholus of Ephesus, Dromio of Syracuse, and Dromio of Ephesus. The central conflict arises from...

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The Comedy of Errors

In the play, Antipholus of Syracuse is a stranger in town, so he is more curious and uncertain. He also seems friendlier to his servant Dromio than Antipholus of Ephesus is to his, often joking...

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The Comedy of Errors

The golden chain serves as a major source of confusion throughout the play. Antipholus of Ephesus commissions a golden chain to be made by Angelo, a goldsmith. He instructs Angelo to meet him at...

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The Comedy of Errors

In act 3, scene 2 of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, Antipholus of Syracuse tries to romance Luciana, who is the sister of Adriana, the wife of Antipholus of Syracuse's twin brother, Antipholus...

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The Comedy of Errors

As you can see in the link below, gender issues are considered of primary importance for this play, as women are portrayed in a dual nature while they try to figure out the confusing behavior...

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The Comedy of Errors

Antipholus of Syracuse (a city on the Italian island of Sicily) and his servant, Dromio, also of Syracuse, have recently arrived in Ephesus (a Greek city on the western coast of present-day...

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The Comedy of Errors

There are several functions of setting in this play. Most simply, because it is set "somewhere else" (other than England), as a dramatist Shakespeare can use wild local customs. Since it is Asia...

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The Comedy of Errors

Egeon and Emilia have set sail from Epidamnum on the Adriatic. Their destination is Syracuse, their home town. The couple take with them four children: the twin boys born to Emilia and another pair...

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The Comedy of Errors

The unfortunate Egeon of Syracuse is being led to his execution in Ephesus. He's been found guilty of the very serious crime of traveling between the two cities. Syracuse and Ephesus don't get on...

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The Comedy of Errors

There is some information about the characters in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors at the link listed below.  However, I can provide some more in-depth information about a few of the...

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