The Comedy of Errors

by

William Shakespeare

Aemilia Character Analysis

Read our modern English translation.
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.
[...]
The consequence is, then, thy jealous fits
Have scared thy husband from the use of wits.

Related Characters: Adriana (speaker), Aemilia (speaker)
Page Number: 5.1.50-89
Explanation and Analysis:
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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:
Commerce and Exchange Theme Icon
).
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.
[...]
The consequence is, then, thy jealous fits
Have scared thy husband from the use of wits.

Related Characters: Adriana (speaker), Aemilia (speaker)
Page Number: 5.1.50-89
Explanation and Analysis: