The Comedy of Errors | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Abbess - This character shares strong words with some women in the play and helps to protect some characters from being arrested.

Adriana - This character is concerned with being uninteresting and unattractive, and often shows deep concern for others in the play.

Aemilia - This character is separated from her family and helps to resolve a major conflict at the end of the play.

Angelo - This character plays a role in the confusion of mistaken identity and accidentally gives away an object to the wrong person in the play.

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