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: