Comedy Of Errors

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This Shakespearean play is all about separation of family and then being reunited. Egeon and Emilia are the parents of twin boys named Antipholus. Egeon and Emilia purchase two more twin boys named Dromio from a poor woman. Dromios will become the servants to Antipholus’. The family is separated at sea. Emilia end up in Ephesus with Antipholus and Dromio. Egeon ends up in Syracuse with the other Antipholus and Dromio. A fisherman takes the boys away from Emilia so she becomes a nun in the town of Ephesus. Antipholus and Dromio never know who their real mother really is. After eighteen years of separation and growing up Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse go to Ephesus to look from their long lost brothers. After seven years and not returning their father Egeon also goes to Syracuse to look for them. Now everyone is in Ephesus, but they all do not know of this. Ephesus and Syracuse are enemies. Egeon is arrested and sentenced to death when he arrives in Ephesus because he is Syarcusean. Duke Solinus finally lets Egeon speak and feels sorry for him so he gives him an option of how to get out of punishment. He must return with one thousand marks. Being twins no one can tell them apart and the twins being unaware of the others presence, causes confusion, drama, and comedy through out the rest of the play. Antipholus of Syracuse sends his servant Dromio to deposit gold. Antipholus of Syracuse thinks he is speaking with his own servant Dromio and not the servant of Antipholus of Ephesus. He asks about the bag of gold. But the servant knows nothing of gold. When the servant Dromio returns home, Adriana (wife to Antipholus of Ephesus) yells at him for returning without her husband. After Dromio of Syracuse returns from depositing the gold, he denies having invited his master Antipholus to supper. Already both men think Ephesus is crazy. Then Adriana appears with her sister Luciana. Adriana scolds Antipholus for not returning to supper...