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HELENA. Yet, I pray you: But with the word the time will bring on summer, When briers shall have leaves as well as thorns, And be as sweet as sharp. We must away; Our wagon is prepared, and time revives us: All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown; Whate'er the course, the end is the renown. Exeunt.
A short summary of William Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of All's Well That Ends Well.
Overview. All’s Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare that was first published in 1623. (The year of its first performance is unknown.) The play is a comedy that follows the story of Helena, a young woman who after curing the King of France of a serious illness is granted permission to marry the man of her choosing.
Act I. In the French province of Roussillon, the widowed Countess bids farewell to her son Bertram. Bertram is going to the court of the French King with his swaggering friend Paroles and the Lord Lafeu. Bertram leaves oblivious to the attentions of Helen, the orphan daughter of the Countess's celebrated physician.
All’s Well That Ends Well, comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written in 1601–05 and published in the First Folio of 1623 seemingly from a theatrical playbook that still retained certain authorial features or from a literary transcript either of the playbook or of an authorial manuscript.
Mar 14, 2018 · Act 1, scene 3. ⌜ Scene 3 ⌝. Synopsis: Bertram’s mother, the Countess of Rossillion, learns of Helen’s love for Bertram and forces Helen to confess this secret. When Helen reveals her plan to try to cure the King with medicines left her by her father, the Countess gives Helen permission to go to court, promising to support her in her “attempt.”
Honour/virginity. The plot of All’s Well That Ends Well might be analysed and summed up in terms of Helena’s virginity, and this theme of the play is foregrounded early on, with the conversation between Parolles and Helena concerning her virginity, and numerous references to the chaste goddess of Roman mythology, Diana.
