The Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare, is strictly an attempt at comedy. There are small traces of a theme of love, but the elements of comedy so overpower the elements of love that The Comedy of Errors is no more than brilliant Shakespearean humor. The plot of The Comedy of Errors is based on two sets of twins who are separated at an extremely young age. There is one set of twins whose names are Dromio, and Dromio. There is another set of twins whose names are Antipholus and Antipholus. Each Dromio is paired with an Antipholus. Each pair was separated at an extremely young age. One pair of twins went with their father, the other with their mother. One day, the father, with one set of twins lands in Ephesus. Ephesus does not cater to people from Syracuse; in fact, people from Syracuse must be put to death, or come up with ransom for their lives if they step on Ephesusian soil. The father brought one set of twins to Ephesus, the other set of twins and their mother already live in Ephesus. What follows the father and son's arrival is a plethora of comedy that comes mostly from Antipholus of Ephesus, Antipholus of Syracuse, Dromio of Ephesus, and Dromio of Syracuse. When E. Dromio and S. Dromio mistake the others master for their own it results in humor derived from beatings, puns, and an excess of irony.
             One element of this play that makes it a comedy is good old-fashioned slapstick comedy. The first of many beatings the Dromios receive comes from S. Antipholus and is delivered to E. Dromio. This takes place when E. Dromio mistakes S. Antipholus for E. Antipholus and tries to persuade S. Antipholus to come back home for dinner. S. Antipholus had just sent S. Dromio to a hotel to get a room and wait for him. When E. Dromio confronts him about coming home for dinner S. Antipholus is extremely confused. After about ten minutes of arguing with E. Dromio he gets fed up and says, "What, wilt thou flout me ...