Mojo, The Bard, & Me

I am invited, sir, to certain merchants,

Of whom I hope to make much benefit;

I crave your pardon.

 

-First Merchant

 

The Comedy of Errors    Act I, Scene ii, Line 24

 

Scene one was Ageon, the father of the Antipholus twins, giving us all the backstory (which I assume you are familiar with by now since you read this blog regularly). So that when we meet Antipholus of Syracuse talking to the First Merchant here in scene two, we pretty much have a sense of what’s going on. And since Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse have just arrived in Ephesus the first case of mistaken identity has yet to happen. The merchant is telling Antipholus that he has to leave, and leave he does. As soon as he does, Dromio of Ephesus will show up, assume that he has found Antipholus of Ephesus, and the fun begins.

And here are the Antipholuses of pencils. They look identical, don't they? Well, they're not. The Staedtler Wopex on the bottom has a thin, rubbery coating that makes it very nice to grip. The one on top does not. They are two different issues of the Staedtleer Wopex that look the same, but in reality are quite different. And yes, they are very easily mistaken for one another!