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The comedy of errors
( Introduction)📢 This story is written by William Shakespeare. It's a very confusing and a short story too. I love this story and hope you all will also like it . Thanks🙏
(Characters)

Andriana{Wife of Antipholus of Epheses}
Antipholus of Epheses{Son of Egeon and the identical-twin brother of Antipholus of Syracuse{The other son of Egeon and brother of Antipholus of Ephesus}
Luciana{Andriana's sister, who gets confused between the two brothers lik Adriana }
Egeon{Father of Antipholus of Ephesus and Antipholus of Syracuse}
[story]
Egeon, a merchant from Syracuse, is spending time in Ephesus. Being in Ephesus means Egeon's life is about to get difficult. Because of some recent conflict between the cities of Ephesus and Syracuse, any citizen of either locale caught in the enemy territory is sentenced to death (unless he can pay 100 marks as ransom for his life). The Duke of Ephesus explains all of this to Egeon as he hands him a death sentence for trespassing on Ephesian land. Egeon is in fact eager to receive his death sentence -execution is no big deal because he feels his life is not worth living anymore.

A long time ago, Efron was making a lot of money as a merchant. When his agent died, he went on a business trip with his wife, who gave birth to identical twin boys while they were away from home. At the exact same time, a poor woman in the same inn also gave birth to identical twin boys. The poor woman sold her boys to Egeon to be servants for twin boys. On their way home to Syracuse, a terrible storm overtook the ship that Egeon and his family were sailing in.During the storm, Egeon looked after one of his twin sons and one of the twin servants, as did his wife. However, during the storm, the boat was destroyed and the husband and wife, along with the boys, we're separated.Egeon's wife and one set of boys were rescued by a Corinthian ship, and Egeon and the two boys with him were picked up by a ship bound for Epidaurus. Thus seperated, Egeon never saw his wife or lost son again.
Egeon named his set of boys after their missing twin brother. He raised the boys until they were 18, at which
point his biological son got curious about his lost brother. Egeon's son set off with his servant to find their lost halves. Since then,...