In Act 1 Scene 1, what tone does the Duke create through his formal and legal language in the following excerpt? 

"..if any Syracusian born/ Come to the bay of Ephesus, he dies,/ His goods confiscate to the duke's dispose,/ Unless a thousand marks be levied,/ To quit the penalty and to ransom him./ Thy substance, valued at the highest rate,/ Cannot amount unto a hundred marks;/ Therefore by law thou art condemned to die" (Comedy of Errors, lines 17-26). 

What does Antipholus of Syracuse compare himself to in his soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 2?

"...I to the world am like a drop of water/ That in the ocean seeks another drop,..."

(Comedy of Errors, lines 35-36). 

Soliloquy: Dramatic speech in which characters speak their inner most thoughts and oblivious to the other characters in the scene.

What does the euphemism "the pleasing punishment that women bear" refer to?

Euphemism: A substitute word/phrase to replace a potentially offensive word/phrase.  

In Act 1 Scene 2,  Antipholus uses elevated, poetic language and metaphors, such as "like a drop of water in the ocean" to express his feelings of being lost.  In Act 1 Scene 1, Aegeon tells his tragic story directly and emotionally. What does this difference in how they speak reveal about these two characters?

In Act 1 Scene 1, what does the metaphor "the always wind-obeying deep" most likley mean?

In Act 1, Scene 2, the comedy of the actual errors begin when Dromio of Ephesus mistakes Antipholus of Syracuse for his master. What does this mistaken identity reveal about the theme of "Appearance vs. Reality"?