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The Complete All’S Well That Ends Well: An Annotated Edition
The Complete All’S Well That Ends Well: An Annotated Edition
The Complete All’S Well That Ends Well: An Annotated Edition
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The plot of Alls Well That Ends Well is illustrated by what one character says (III.66), The web of our life is a tangled yarn. Through all of the twists and machinations, justice triumphs, and loyalty is rewarded. The play is challenging, however, because of the somewhat inconsistent direction; it has been called a problem play. As Bevington states, The web of human life remains a mingled yarn (148).
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Release dateJul 18, 2015
ISBN9781504921671
The Complete All’S Well That Ends Well: An Annotated Edition
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Donald J. Richardson

Although he has long been eligible to retire, Donald J. Richardson continues to (try to) teach English Composition at Phoenix College in Arizona. He defines his life through his teaching, his singing, his volunteering, and his grandchildren.

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    The Complete All’S Well That Ends Well - Donald J. Richardson

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    Table of Contents

    ACT I

    ACT II

    ACT III

    ACT IV

    ACT V

    EPILOGUE

    Works Cited

    Other Books by Donald J. Richardson

    Dust in the Wind, 2001

    Rails to Light, 2005

    Song of Fools, 2006

    Words of Truth, 2007

    The Meditation of My Heart, 2008

    The Days of Darkness, 2009

    The Dying of the Light, 2010

    Between the Darkness and the Light, 2011

    The Days of Thy Youth, 2012

    Those Who Sit in Darkness¸ 2013

    Just a Song at Twilight, 2014

    Covered with Darkness, 2015

    The Complete Hamlet, 2012

    The Complete Macbeth, 2013

    The Complete Romeo and Juliet, 2013

    The Complete King Lear, 2013

    The Complete Julius Caesar, 2013

    The Complete Merchant of Venice, 2013

    The Complete Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2013

    The Complete Much Ado About Nothing, 2013

    The Complete Twelfth Night, 2014

    The Complete Taming of the Shrew, 2014

    The Complete Tempest, 2014

    The Complete Othello, 2014

    The Complete Henry IV, Part One, 2014

    The Complete Antony and Cleopatra, 2014

    The Complete Comedy of Errors, 2014

    The Complete Henry IV, Part Two, 2014

    The Complete Henry V, 2014

    The Tragedy of Richard the Third, 2015

    The Complete Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2015

    The Complete Richard the Second, 2015

    The Complete Coriolanus, 2015

    The Complete As You Like It, 2015

    About the Book

    The plot of All’s Well That Ends Well is illustrated by what one character says (III.66), The web of our life is a tangled yarn. Through all of the twists and machinations, justice triumphs, and loyalty is rewarded. The play is challenging, however, because of the somewhat inconsistent direction; it has been called a problem play. As Bevington states, The web of human life remains a mingled yarn (148)

    About the Author

    Donald J. Richardson is still trying to teach English Composition at Phoenix College.

    ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

    ACT I

    Enter BERTRAM, the COUNTESS of Rossillion, HELENA, and LAFEW, all in black

    COUNTESS

    BERTRAM

    2 And I in going, madam, weep o’er my father’s death

    LAFEW

    COUNTESS

    LAFEW

    13 finds no other advantage in the process but only the

    14 losing of hope by time.

    COUNTESS

    15 This young gentlewoman had a father—O, that

    18 far, would have made nature immortal, and death

    20 king’s sake, he were living! I think it would be

    21 the death of the king’s disease.

    LAFEW

    22 How called you the man you speak of, madam?

    COUNTESS

    23 He was famous, sir, in his profession, and it was

    LAFEW

    25 He was excellent indeed, madam: the king very

    28 could be set up against mortality.

    BERTRAM

    29 What is it, my good lord, the king languishes of?

    LAFEW

    BERTRAM

    31 I heard not of it before.

    LAFEW

    33 the daughter of Gerard de Narbon?

    COUNTESS

    34 His sole child, my lord, and bequeathed to my

    LAFEW

    42 Your commendations, madam, get from her tears.

    COUNTESS

    44 in. The remembrance of her father never approaches

    48 a sorrow than have it.

    HELENA

    LAFEW

    51 excessive grief the enemy to the living.

    COUNTESS

    53 makes it soon mortal.

    BERTRAM

    54 Madam, I desire your holy wishes.

    LAFEW

    COUNTESS

    56 Be thou blest, Bertram, and succeed thy father

    65 Fall on thy head! Farewell, my lord;

    67 Advise him.

    LAFEW

    COUNTESS

    70 Heaven bless him! Farewell, Bertram.

    Exit

    BERTRAM

    LAFEW

    75 your father.

    Exeunt BERTRAM and LAFEW

    HELENA

    81 I am undone: there is no living, none,

    83 That I should love a bright particular star

    84 And think to wed it, he is so above me:

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