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Professor Kalensky

Extra Credit: The Comedy of Errors

         Egeon, a merchant of Syracuse, is condemned to death in Ephesus for violating the ban against travel between the two rival cities. He tries to tell the Ephesian Duke, Solinus, that he's only doing this to legal thing because he is searching for one of his lost twin sons and his wife. The other twin and his slave Dromio, who grew up with Egeon, is also traveling the world in search of the missing half of their family. The Duke only lets the man live for a certain amount of days. The twin Antipholus of Syracuse and slave Dromio is also visiting Ephesus where his twin, Antipholus of Ephesus lives. Adriana, Antipholus of Ephesus' wife, mistakes Antipholus of Syracuse as her husband but he is confused, but because of this her real husband the other twin is locked outside of his house. Antipholus of Syracuse and up falling in love with his brother's wife's sister.

        There becomes more confusion when a gold chain ordered by the Ephesian Antipholus is given to Antipholus of Syracuse. While Antipholus of Syracuse things he's just getting random gifts, Antipholus of Ephesus gets arrested because he never received it and didn't want to pay. Meanwhile, Antipholus of Syracuse and his slave decide to flee the city. They seek refuge in a nearby abbey because they are hiding from the officers. The Duke come into play to fix thing, but the situation is finally resolved by the Abbess, Emilia, who brings out the set of twins and reveals herself to be Egeon's long-lost wife. Antipholus of Ephesus finally comes back to his wife while his twin brother begins his love for the wife's sister and with the two Dromios coming together ending the play with the happily ever after.

            The protagonist in The comedy of errors is Antipholus of Syracuse, there are two foil couples Antipholus of Syracuse and his twins theb Adriana and Luciana each couple are opposite to one another personality wise even though they are either twins or sisters. Then the good guys Dromios because they are the protectors and helpers of the twin brothers. This play could have many themes, but there are two themes that comes out the most to me which are the search for identity and that want for family so one does not feel alone.

    I really liked this play. It made me laugh so hard all the characters were so strange and unusual. I thought it was so cool how they tied so modern day dancing and situations. The confusion between the two twin brothers and their slaves were a little confusing at first but once I started understanding what was happening I started to enjoy the comedic jokes they were saying. I liked how some of the actors would interact with the audience during the intermissions. I also give huge props to the actors because they were put in comedic situations and they did not break out of characters by laughing.