All's Well That Ends Well E-Book

William Shakespeare

• Herausgeber: William Shakespeare
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. It is traditionally believed to have been written between 1604 and 1605, and was originally published in the First Folio in 1623. Though originally the play was classified as one of Shakespeare's comedies, the play is now considered by some critics to be one of his problem plays, so named because they cannot be neatly classified as tragedy or comedy.

Leseprobe

All’s Well That Ends Well

by

William Shakespeare

Introduction

The Characters of the Play

Act I

SCENE I. Rousillon. The Count’s palace.

SCENE II. Paris. The King’s palace.

SCENE III. Rousillon. The Count’s palace.

Act II

SCENE I. Paris. The King’s palace.

SCENE II. Rousillon. The Count’s palace.

SCENE III. Paris. The King’s palace.

SCENE IV. Paris. The King’s palace.

SCENE V. Paris. The King’s palace.

Act III

SCENE I. Florence. The Duke’s palace.

SCENE II. Rousillon. The Count’s palace.

SCENE III. Florence. Before the Duke’s palace.

SCENE IV. Rousillon. The Count’s palace.

SCENE V. Florence. Without the walls. A tucket afar off.

SCENE VI. Camp before Florence.

SCENE VII. Florence. The Widow’s house.

Act IV

SCENE I. Without the Florentine camp.

SCENE II. Florence. The Widow’s house.

SCENE III. The Florentine camp.

SCENE IV. Florence. The Widow’s house.

SCENE V. Rousillon. The Count’s palace.

Act V

SCENE I. Marseilles. A street.

SCENE II. Rousillon. Before the Count’s palace.

SCENE III. Rousillon. The Count’s palace.

Epilogue

Introduction

All’s Well That Ends Well was probably written later in Shakespeare’s career, between 1601 and 1608.

The five acts follow the action of Helena, a lowborn beauty, who pines for the son of her guardian, Count Bertram. She is granted his hand as a reward for curing the King, but Bertram runs away to war, declaring “When thou canst get the ring upon my finger which never shall come off, and show me a child begotten of thy body that I am father to, then call me husband.” Helena tricks him into giving her his family ring and sleeping with her, by posing as Diana, the virginal daughter of a widow. These were his conditions for being her true husband and he agrees to be a good husband in the final act.