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- Title
Twinship and Marriage in The Comedy of Errors.
- Authors
Lehnhof, Kent R.
- Abstract
This article proposes that Shakespeare uses twinship and marriage in The Comedy of Errors to reflect on the importance of individuality and interrelation in the formation of identity. Specifically, this article shows how The Comedy of Errors sets the twin relation against the marital relation, ultimately implying that marriage—imperfect, everyday marriage—has as much subjective impact as the extraordinary bond between identical twins. As amazing as it might be to see two persons sharing "one face, one voice, one habit," The Comedy of Errors suggests that the twin relation does not surpass in significance the equally marvelous relation whereby husband and wife become "one flesh."
- Subjects
COMEDY of Errors, The (Play : Shakespeare); SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; TWINS in literature; MARRIAGE in literature; INDIVIDUALITY
- Publication
SEL: Studies in English Literature (Johns Hopkins), 2020, Vol 60, Issue 2, p277
- ISSN
0039-3657
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/sel.2020.0012