“For he is our peace which hath made of both one”: Echoes of Paul in Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors

What is it about?

This essay argues that Shakespeare portrays the grace that resolves the confusion and conflicts that center on the divide between Syracuse and Ephesus, with a view to the sectarian conflicts dividing the England of his day, reflects more than just the natural grace often found in comic resolutions. The play suggests a supernatural provenance for that grace through subtle and overt allusions to Pauline biblical texts, especially the Letter to the Ephesians.

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