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The relationship between a master and a clever servant is also a common element in Elizabethan comedy.
Shakespeare often includes foils for his characters to have one set off the other.
In Elizabethan romantic comedy, it is common for the plays to end with multiple marriages and couplings of pairs.
This is something that is not seen in Plautine comedy.
In the Comedy of Errors, Aegeon and Aemilia are separated, Antipholus and Adriana are at odds, and Antipholus and Luciana have not yet met.
At the end, all the couples are happily together.
By writing his comedies in a combination of Elizabethan and Plautine styles, Shakespeare helps to create his own brand of comedy, one that uses both styles.
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