Resumo de Comedy Of Errors - william shakespeare

Egeon, a merchant from Syracuse, is apprehended in Ephesus and condemned to death
for violating a law that bars commerce and travel between the two cities. The only way he
can avoid the penalty is to ransom his life for one hundred marks, a sum he neither has nor
has any way of raising. Solinus, duke of Ephesus, asks the old man why he was traveling in
the hostile city, and Egeon responds with his sad tale:
Over a quarter of a century earlier, Egeon and his wife, Emilia, became the parents of
twin sons, and they soon followed that by buying another pair of twin boys, born at the
same hour, to be slaves for their own sons. They named both sons Antipholus and both
slaves Dromio. In a shipwreck several years later, the family was separated. Egeon, with one
twin son and his slave, was rescued by one ship; and his wife and the other two twins were
rescued by another. Eighteen years later, the Antipholus raised by Egeon left Syracuse, along
with his slave Dromio, to search the world over for his lost twin brother. When Antipholus
and Dromio did not return after five years, his aged father set out on his own search,
wandering vainly, only to be arrested and condemned to death in Ephesus on his way
home.
Duke Solinus is moved by the sad tale and grants Egeon a reprieve until sunset to
borrow the money required for his freedom.
Meanwhile, unknown to any of the other characters, the Antipholus raised by Egeon
(now known as Antipholus of Syracuse) arrives in Ephesus with his slave, Dromio of
Syracuse. Also unknown to anybody is the fact that the other Antipholus
(now known as Antipholus of Ephesus) is already living in the city with his wife, Adriana,
and the other slave, Dromio of Ephesus.
The series of comedic errors begins immediately and mounts throughout, Antipholus of Syracuse meets Dromio of Ephesus on the street and abuses him soundly because the slave tries to get Antipholus (the wrong master) to go home with him for dinner. Adriana locks her real husband out of their home because she is already in the house with his confused twin, Antipholus of Syracuse, whom she assumes is her husband. Antipholus of Ephesus refuses to pay Angelo the goldsmith for a goldchain he ordered, thinking he did not receive it (the chain was delivered to his surprised twin). Angelo wants his money and has Antipholus of Ephesus arrested. It is now Dromio of Syracuse (who is accused as being responsible for this) who is beaten by Antipholus ofEphesus (again, the wrong master).
As the situation grows more and more bewildering, with everyone certain that
everyone else is totally mad, the duke is preparing for Egeon?s impending execution.
Antipholus of Ephesus goes to the duke and, thinking himself terribly wronged, demands
that he intercede for him. Egeon sees his son and thinks he is saved; but, of course,
Antipholus of Ephesus is the other twin and hasn?t seen his father since he was a child
and does not recognize him.
Finally, Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse take refuge in an abbey, only to emerge to
face the other two twins, as well as Egeon, who, all at once, has found not just one son, but
two. Then, to complete the reunion, the abbess reveals that she too has been living under
disguise and is actually Egeon?s wife, Emilia. Egeon?s life is ransomed, the family embraces,
as do the Dromio twins, and all ends in happiness, with Emilia inviting all to discuss this
one day?s error and make full satisfaction.

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