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William ShakespeareThe Comedy of Errors
Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1594A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
How is the passing of time used in the play? How do past and present interact and influence the characters’ experiences and beliefs?
What techniques does Shakespeare use to create comedy? How is the play a comedy according to early modern conventions, and how is it a comedy to present-day audiences?
Various characters experience sudden reversals of status, situation, and/or even identity throughout the play. What do these transformations and reversals reveal about the play’s conceptions of identity and status?
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