No Fear Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors
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Act 5, Scene 1, Page 3
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ABBESS
Be quiet, people. Wherefore throng you hither?
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ABBESS
Be quiet, people! Why have you come here in such a mob?
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ADRIANA
To fetch my poor distracted husband hence.
Let us come in, that we may bind him fast
And bear him home for his recovery.
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ADRIANA
To get my poor, mad husband out from inside there. Let us in so we can tie him up tight and bring him home to recover.
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ANGELO
I knew he was not in his perfect wits.
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ANGELO
(to SECOND MERCHANT) I knew he wasn’t quite in his right mind.
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SECOND MERCHANT
I am sorry now that I did draw on him.
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SECOND MERCHANT
(to ANGELO) Now I’m sorry I raised my sword against him.
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ABBESS
How long hath this possession held the man?
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ABBESS
How long has he been possessed like this?
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ADRIANA
This week he hath been heavy, sour, sad,
And much different from the man he was.
But till this afternoon his passion
Ne'er brake into extremity of rage.
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ADRIANA
This week he was sad, moody, and depressed and very different from his usual self. But it wasn’t until this afternoon that he broke out into violence.
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ABBESS
Hath he not lost much wealth by wrack of sea?
Buried some dear friend? 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?
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ABBESS
Did he lose a lot of money in a shipwreck? Has a close friend of his died? Has he fallen in love with another woman? That’s a sin young men often commit because they allow their eyes to wander. Which of these bad things happened to him?
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ADRIANA
To none of these, except it be the last,
Namely, some love that drew him oft from home.
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ADRIANA
None of them, except the last one. He fell in love, and that made him leave home often.
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ABBESS
You should for that have reprehended him.
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ABBESS
You should have reprimanded him for that.
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ADRIANA
Why, so I did.
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ADRIANA
I did.
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ABBESS
Ay, but not rough enough.
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ABBESS
Fine, but you weren’t harsh enough.
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