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A 4 page paper which examines
whether “The Comedy of Errors” is a comedy or a more serious dramatic play.
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such as politics and power, and seemed to offer comedy and a sense of the ridiculous so that the viewer could clearly relate to the topics at hand. In many
ways he spoke for the people, talking of things like politics, yet presenting the viewer with images of humanity. And, in presenting the viewer with images of reality he, more
often than not, used humor and chaos. This is clearly the case with his play "Comedy of Errors." The following paper examines how this particular play uses comedic content to
present some more serious issues. Comedy of Errors "The Comedy of Errors is generally assumed to be one of Shakespeares early plays, (perhaps even his very first) and
its emphasis on slapstick over verbal humor (in contrast with later comedies) has led many critics to term it an apprentice comedy" (Sparknotes). In this simple historical illustration we can
see that, being a very early play, it possessed many of the qualities, fine tuned or not, that were a part of how Shakespeare interpreted history and human nature.
In addition, we also note that another element which allows us to see how this particular play is comedic as well as serious comes to us in the form of
history itself. "As with many of his plays, Shakespeare drew on classical sources for the plot of The Comedy of Errors. The bare bones of the story are drawn from
the Roman comedy Menaechmi, written by the ancient dramatist Plautus (c.254- 184 B.C.); Shakespeare might have read the play either in the original Latin or in an English translation that
was published in 1594 but may have circulated in manuscript form before that year. In any case, the English playwright made a number of changes to the original story, including
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