summary of comedy of errors in simple english
The Comedy of Errors
Antipholus of Ephesus returns home for dinner and is enraged to find that he is rudely refused entry to his own house by Dromio of Syracuse , who is keeping the gate . He is ready to break down the door , but his friends persuade him not to make a scene . He decides , instead , to dine with a courtesan . Inside the house , Antipholus of Syracuse discovers that he is very attracted to his `` wife 's '' sister , Luciana of Smyrna , telling her `` train me not , sweet mermaid , with thy note / To drown me in thy sister 's flood of tears . '' She is flattered by his attentions , but worried about their moral implications . After she exits , Dromio of Syracuse announces that he has discovered that he has a wife : Nell , a hideous kitchen - maid . He describes her as `` spherical , like a globe ; I could find out countries in her '' . Antipholus jokingly asks him to identify the countries , leading to a witty exchange in which parts of her body are identified with nations . Ireland is her buttocks : `` I found it out by the bogs '' . He claims he has discovered America and the Indies `` upon her nose all o'er embellished with rubies , carbuncles , sapphires , declining their rich aspect to the hot breath of Spain ; who sent whole armadoes of caracks to be ballast at her nose . '' ( This is one of Shakespeare 's few references to America . ) The Syracusans decide to leave as soon as possible , and Dromio runs off to make travel plans . Antipholus of Syracuse is apprehended by Angelo of Ephesus , a goldsmith , who claims that he ordered a chain from him . Antipholus is forced to accept the chain , and Angelo says that he will return for payment . An
Antipholus of Ephesus returns home for dinner and is enraged to find that he is rudely refused entry to his own house by Dromio of Syracuse , who is keeping the gate . He is ready to break down the door , but his friends persuade him not to make a scene . He decides , instead , to dine with a courtesan . Inside the house , Antipholus of Syracuse discovers that he is very attracted to his `` wife 's '' sister , Luciana of Smyrna , telling her `` train me not , sweet mermaid , with thy note / To drown me in thy sister 's flood of tears . '' She is flattered by his attentions , but worried about their moral implications . After she exits , Dromio of Syracuse announces that he has discovered that he has a wife : Nell , a hideous kitchen - maid . He describes her as `` spherical , like a globe ; I could find out countries in her '' . Antipholus jokingly asks him to identify the countries , leading to a witty exchange in which parts of her body are identified with nations . Ireland is her buttocks : `` I found it out by the bogs '' . He claims he has discovered America and the Indies `` upon her nose all o'er embellished with rubies , carbuncles , sapphires , declining their rich aspect to the hot breath of Spain ; who sent whole armadoes of caracks to be ballast at her nose . '' ( This is one of Shakespeare 's few references to America . ) The Syracusans decide to leave as soon as possible , and Dromio runs off to make travel plans . Antipholus of Syracuse is apprehended by Angelo of Ephesus , a goldsmith , who claims that he ordered a chain from him . Antipholus is forced to accept the chain , and Angelo says that he will return for payment . An