The_Comedy_Of_Errors

The Comedy Of Errors by William Shakespeare In act one as Solinus the Duke of Ephesus, accompanied by a jailer and Egeon. Egeon is a merchant from Syracuse, a city that is a fierce rival of Ephesus. Recently both cities have passed laws that put any man from the rival city to death unless he is able to raise a ransom of one thousand marks, a sum that Egeon cannot afford. The Duke begs Egeon to tell him why he chose to come to Ephesus, knowing that the punishment is death. Egeon tells him that years ago he and his wife went to Epidamnum. While there, his wife bore twin sons. Another woman in the same inn also had twins, whom Egeon purchased to be servants for his two sons. After they left to return home, they were caught in a storm which resulted in a shipwreck.After a while the remaining twin inquired about his brother, and Egeon spent five years traveling the Greek islands searching for him before ending up in Ephesus. The Duke tells him that he cannot remove the death penalty, but advises Egeon to beg and plead for th! e thousand marks from everyone he knows in Ephesus. The jailer takes Egeon antipholus, dromio, adriana, ephesus, tells, syracuse, egeon, angelo, money, duke, wife, both, luciana, demands, about, necklace, husband, before, arrives, abbess, while, orders, merchant, master, home, woman, return, officer, go, away, until, two, second, one, know, house