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A 3 page essay that discusses Shakespeare's use of imagery in The Comedy of Errors. The writer argues that characterization is accomplished through imagery and offers several passages to support this point. No additional sources cited.
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themes and characterization do occur and these dramatic objectives are accomplished primarily through the use of imagery. With imagery, Shakespeare addresses the mixed emotions of Antipholus of Syracuse for loving
a woman who is associated with his citys mortal enemy, the city of Ephesus. Likewise, imagery also helps to delineate the manner in which Shakespeare pictures the women in the
play. For example, in Act 3, scene 2, lines 45-52, Antipholus of Syracuse (S) implores Luciana to "train" him with her music to drown out her sisters "flood of
tears" (3.2.47-48). He refers to her as a "mermaid," whose beauty sings a sirens song. He pictures love and the marriage bed as having the power to define him. In
the tangle of identities that makes up the plot, Shakespeares imagery suggests that Antipholus of Syracuse feels, at that particular moment, that his attraction for Luciana serves as an anchor
to the confusion of the day, in which he has been repeatedly confused for his twin brother, Antipholus of Ephesus. Antipholus of S.s language throughout this scene, as the
quoted passage illustrates, has a note of lovelorn desperation about it, which suggests that Antipholus of S. sees Luciana as possessing the power in their relationship. He tells her to
"teach" him "how to think and speak" (3.2.35) and "create" him new" (3.2.41), which is a reversal of the Elizabethan gender stereotypes that relied on male dominance and female submission.
However, once out of her presence, he states that her "enchanting presence" had almost made him a "traitor" to himself (3.2.128). In order to avoid misconduct, A. of S. says
that he will "stop" his ears against the mermaids song" (3.2.130). As this demonstrates, precisely the same image is used, but with a different connotation, as in the latter speech,
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