![]() ![]() In addition to references to hell, The Comedy of Errors abounds in allusions to magic, witchcraft and, most relevant for this article, demonic possession. ![]() The comic resolution of The Comedy of Errors is partly a liberation from the hell of its preceding scenes. The torments of Antipholus' “hell” serve as a foil for the “delights”, if you like, of the play's happy end. Bewildered by the coincidences and identity confusions in the play, Antipholus of Syracuse wonders whether he is “in earth, in heaven, or in hell,” while Antipholus' servant Dromio claims that his master is “in Tartar limbo, worse than hell” 1. (eds.), The Norton Shakesp (.)ġThe terms “hell” and “delights” can be readily employed in a reading of The Comedy of Errors. 1 William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, in Stephen Greenblatt et al. ![]()
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