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Description:"All's Well That Ends Well" is one of Shakespeare's most beguiling plays. It is a comedy, yet seems to lack maturity in its development and tacks on a somewhat truncated ending. For these reasons, along with lines in the play, some speculate that it is actually a "lost play," a companion for "Love's Labor Lost," which would have been entitled "Love's Labor Won." A lost play is one that lacked Shakespeare's final revisions. The protagonist of "All's Well That Ends Well" is the beautiful Helena, who pursues Bertram, a man well above her station at the French court of Rousillon. Bertram is in mourning for his late father, but he is also a cad with no redeeming traits. When Helena saves the King and is given her choice of husband, she chooses Bertram, but he refuses her unless she can put a ring on his finger and produce an heir. Many hijinks ensue, including the infamous bed trick. Shakespeare drew upon multiple sources for the play, including most directly William Painter's "Palace of Pleasure, " and one of the tales from Boccaccio's "The Decameron." The title is a reference to the Biblical proverb, which means that the problems during the journey are meaningless so long as the eventual outcome ends well. Helena's love for Bertram is puzzling because Bertram is one of the Bard's most unlikeable characters. However, the conflict between the wonderful Helena and the awful Bertram is what drives the reader to finish the play. For Shakespeare scholars, theater buffs and students, "All's Well That Ends Well" is a mystery worth pursuing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Tudor Shakespeare. To get started finding The Tudor Shakespeare, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "All's Well That Ends Well" is one of Shakespeare's most beguiling plays. It is a comedy, yet seems to lack maturity in its development and tacks on a somewhat truncated ending. For these reasons, along with lines in the play, some speculate that it is actually a "lost play," a companion for "Love's Labor Lost," which would have been entitled "Love's Labor Won." A lost play is one that lacked Shakespeare's final revisions. The protagonist of "All's Well That Ends Well" is the beautiful Helena, who pursues Bertram, a man well above her station at the French court of Rousillon. Bertram is in mourning for his late father, but he is also a cad with no redeeming traits. When Helena saves the King and is given her choice of husband, she chooses Bertram, but he refuses her unless she can put a ring on his finger and produce an heir. Many hijinks ensue, including the infamous bed trick. Shakespeare drew upon multiple sources for the play, including most directly William Painter's "Palace of Pleasure, " and one of the tales from Boccaccio's "The Decameron." The title is a reference to the Biblical proverb, which means that the problems during the journey are meaningless so long as the eventual outcome ends well. Helena's love for Bertram is puzzling because Bertram is one of the Bard's most unlikeable characters. However, the conflict between the wonderful Helena and the awful Bertram is what drives the reader to finish the play. For Shakespeare scholars, theater buffs and students, "All's Well That Ends Well" is a mystery worth pursuing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Tudor Shakespeare. To get started finding The Tudor Shakespeare, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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