All’s Well That Ends Well (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: William Shakespeare
- First Published: 1623
- Type of Work: Jacobean Comedy
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Kings, queens, or royalty, Sixteenth century, Italy or Italians, Weddings, Nobility, Rings
- Locales: Paris, France, Florence, Italy
Helena has been the companion and ward of the Countess of Rousillon since her father’s death. The play opens when Bertram, the young son of the countess, and his friend Parolles leave for Paris to enter the service of the King of France. The countess discovers that Helena has fallen in love with Bertram and encourages her to follow Bertram to the French court.
By means of a rare prescription that her father left to her, Helena cures the King of a fistula and is given her choice of a husband. When she chooses Bertram, he rejects her because of her low rank. After their marriage,...
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