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Luciana
The long-lost wife of Aegeon and mother of the Antipholus twins. After being separated from Antipholus of Ephesus, she became an abbess. Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse seek sanctuary in her abbey, and she brings them to the Duke at the end of the play to clear up everyone’s confusion.
Aemilia Quotes in The Comedy of Errors
The The Comedy of Errors quotes below are all either spoken by Aemilia or refer to Aemilia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 5, Scene 1 Quotes
Hath not else his eye
Stray’d his affection in unlawful love?
A sin prevailing much in youthful men,
Who give their eyes the liberty of gazing.
Which of these sorrows is he subject to?
To none of these, except it be the last;
Namely, some love that drew him oft from home.
You should for that have reprehended him.
Why, so I did.
Ay, but not rough enough.
As roughly as my modesty would let me.
Haply, in private.
And in assemblies too.
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The consequence is, then, thy jealous fits
Have scared thy husband from the use of wits.
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Aemilia Character Timeline in The Comedy of Errors
The timeline below shows where the character Aemilia appears in The Comedy of Errors. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act 5, Scene 1
...Dromio of Syracuse recognize Aegeon. The abbess calls Aegeon her husband and identifies herself as Aemilia, his long lost wife. She explains that after the shipwreck, Corinthian fishermen took Antipholus and...
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...he will simply pardon Aegeon. Antipholus of Ephesus returns the courtesan’s diamond ring to her. Aemilia suggests that everyone goes into the priory so they can “hear at large discoursed all...
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