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<p><b>Mistaken identity</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=plot_device">plot device</a> whereby one person is taken for another and, often, vice versa. It is used in many comical plays, exemplified by the Shakespeare's <a href="page.php?w=Comedy_of_Errors">Comedy of Errors</a>, inspired by  <a href="page.php?w=Menaechmi">Menaechmi</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Amphitryon_%28Plautus_play%29">Amphitryon</a> by <a href="page.php?w=Plautus">Plautus</a>. In some cases mistaken identity involves disguise, e.g., accidentally identical costumes. Often it is a base</p><p>
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