Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well written by William Shakespeare and published by Joe Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helena schemes with Diana to fulfill Bertram's stipulations and win his love, but as Bertram's infidelity and Helena's deceits are revealed, the audience is left to wonder if, in love, the end justifies the means.
Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well Annotated written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-29 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, originally classified as a comedy, though now often counted as one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or comedy. It was probably written in later middle part of Shakespeare's career, between 1601 and 1608, and was first published in the First Folio in 1623.The name of the play comes from the proverb All's well that ends well, which means that problems do not matter so long as the outcome is good.
Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well Annotated Comic Drama Play written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-03 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 - died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592 he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of the playing company the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others. Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1590 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century. Next he wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest examples in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights. Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime, and in 1623 two of his former theatrical colleagues published the First Folio, a collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but two of the plays now recognised as Shakespeare's. Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his reputation did not rise to its present heights until the nineteenth century. The Romantics, in particular, acclaimed Shakespeare's genius, and the Victorians hero-worshipped Shakespeare with a reverence that George Bernard Shaw called "bardolatry". In the twentieth century, his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain highly popular today and are consistently performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world.
Download or read book All s Well that Ends Well written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Usually classified as a "problem comedy," All's Well that Ends Well is a psychologically disturbing presentation of an aggressive, designing woman and a reluctant husband wooed by trickery. In her introduction Susan Snyder makes the play's clashing ideologies of class and gender newlyaccessible, and offers a fully reconsidered, annotated text for both readers and actors.
Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well Classic Reprint written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Shakespeare s Comedy of All s Well that Ends Well written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well written by William Shakespeare and published by Namaskar Book. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laugh, love, and revel in the comedic twists of a tale where love triumphs over deception, bringing resolution to the most tangled of relationships. All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: Immerse yourself in the timeless world of the Bard, William Shakespeare, with the enchanting comedy All's Well That Ends Well. This play weaves a tapestry of love, trickery, and the triumph of unconventional romance. Join Helena on her journey as she navigates the complexities of courtship, testing the bounds of love and determination. Why This Book? All's Well That Ends Well invites readers into Shakespeare's comedic realm, where love's journey is anything but conventional. The play unfolds a delightful tapestry of wit, irony, and the inexorable twists of fate, showcasing Shakespeare's mastery in crafting narratives that resonate across centuries. William Shakespeare, the literary genius of the Elizabethan era, continues to captivate audiences with his unparalleled storytelling. Explore the comedic nuances and profound insights into human nature in All's Well That Ends Well, a testament to Shakespeare's enduring influence on the world of drama.
Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well written by William Shakespeare and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, originally classified as a comedy, though now often counted as one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or comedy. It was probably written in later middle part of Shakespeare's career, between 1601 and 1608, and was first published in the First Folio in 1623. The name of the play comes from the proverb All's well that ends well, which means that problems do not matter so long as the outcome is good.
Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well Annotated written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. It is 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.
Download or read book All s Well that Ends Well A comedy written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1734 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-16 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in Shakespeare's "First Folio" in 1623, "All's Well That Ends Well" is a fascinating play that defies classification, an unusual work that blends the comic with the tragic. The play tells the story of Helena, a penniless worker at the Palace of Rousillion, and her cunning adventures to wed Bertram, the prosperous son of the count. Bertram goes to Paris to attend the King of France and Helena follows and uses her cunning and charm to convince the King she is a healer. When Helena risks her life to rid the King of France of a peculiar illness, she is rewarded with her choice of grooms from the King's court and she chooses the hand of Bertram. Faced with rejection from Bertram due to her lowly social status, she devises a clever and devious plan to birth his son and keep his ring. This is love as war, full of scheming, seduction, and manipulation. Based on a tale from Boccaccio's, "The Decameron", the play energizes a classic Shakespearean theme of love complicated and conflicted by differences in class. Full of the expected wit and ardor of Shakespeare, "All's Well That Ends Well" is an entertaining classic. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper, is annotated by Henry N. Hudson, and includes an introduction by Charles Harold Herford.
Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, originally classified as a comedy, though now often counted as one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or comedy. It was probably written in later middle part of Shakespeare's career, between 1601 and 1608, and was first published in the First Folio in 1623. The name of the play comes from the proverb All's well that ends well, which means that problems do not matter so long as the outcome is good.
Download or read book All s Well that Ends Well Annotated with Biography and Critical Essay written by William Shakespeare and published by Golgotha Press. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All’s Well that Ends Well was written circa 1604 and was the first of a series of plays that Shakespeare wrote mixing humor and pathos. The play may have been a comment on a situation that was being debated in Parliament at the time – that the King could control the property of a nobleman who inherited his title before he turned twenty-one. The plot of the play revolves around Helen, the orphaned daughter of a doctor, who has helped cure the King of France. He had promised her if she could cure him, she could have any man she wanted as her husband. Helen asks him if she could marry Bertram, the Count of Rossillion, whom she is in love with. The Count is considerably above her in station, and the King agrees to the marriage, but with great reluctance. Bertram is unhappy about the whole situation, and soon after the wedding, he leaves for war in Italy, the marriage unconsummated. He is accompanied by, Parolles, who is a bit of an opportunist although Bertram thinks he is a true friend. He later betrays Bertram. This annotated edition includes a biography and critical essay.
Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well Illustrated written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, published in the First Folio in 1623, where it is listed among the comedies. There is a debate regarding the dating of the composition of the play, with possible dates ranging from 1598 to 1608.The play is considered one of Shakespeare's "problem plays"; a play that poses complex ethical dilemmas that require more than typically simple solutions.
Download or read book The Definitive Shakespeare Companion 4 volumes written by Joseph Rosenblum and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 2069 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expansive four-volume work gives students detailed explanations of Shakespeare's plays and poems and also covers his age, life, theater, texts, and language. Numerous excerpts from primary source historical documents contextualize his works, while reviews of productions chronicle his performance history and reception. Shakespeare's works often served to convey simple truths, but they are also complex, multilayered masterpieces. Shakespeare drew on varied sources to create his plays, and while the plays are sometimes set in worlds before the Elizabethan age, they nonetheless parallel and comment on situations in his own era. Written with the needs of students in mind, this four-volume set demystifies Shakespeare for today's readers and provides the necessary perspective and analysis students need to better appreciate the genius of his work. This indispensable ready reference examines Shakespeare's plots, language, and themes; his use of sources and exploration of issues important to his age; the interpretation of his works through productions from the Renaissance to the present; and the critical reaction to key questions concerning his writings. The book provides coverage of each key play and poems in discrete sections, with each section presenting summaries; discussions of themes, characters, language, and imagery; and clear explications of key passages. Readers will be able to inspect historical documents related to the topics explored in the work being discussed and view excerpts from Shakespeare's sources as well as reviews of major productions. The work also provides a comprehensive list of print and electronic resources suitable for student research.
Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well Annotated Shakespeare Series written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helena, the orphan daughter of a famous physician, is the ward of the Countess of Rousillon, and hopelessly in love with her son, Count Bertram, who has been sent to the court of the King of France. Despite her beauty and worth, Helena has no hope of attracting Bertram, since she is of low birth and he is a nobleman. However, when word comes that the King is ill, she goes to Paris and, using her father's arts, cures the illness. In return, she is given the hand of any man in the realm; she chooses Bertram. Her new husband is appalled at the match, however, and shortly after their marriage flees France, accompanied only by a scoundrel named Parolles, to fight in the army of the Duke of Florence. Helena is sent home to the Countess, and receives a letter from Bertram informing her that he will never be her true spouse unless she can get his family ring from his finger, and become pregnant with his child--neither of which, he declares, will ever come to pass. The Countess, who loves Helena and approves of the match, tries to comfort her, but the distraught young woman departs Rousillon, planning to make a religious pilgrimage. Meanwhile, in Florence, Bertram has become a general in the Duke's army. Helena comes to the city, and discovers that her husband is trying to seduce the virginal daughter of a kindly Widow. With the connivance of the daughter, named Diana, she contrives to trick Bertram: he gives Diana his ring as a token of his love, and when he comes to her room at night, Helena is in the bed, and they make love without him realizing that it is her. At the same time, two lords in the army expose Parolles as a coward and a villain, and he falls out of Bertram's favor. Meanwhile, false messengers have come to the camp bearing word that Helena is dead, and with the war drawing to a close, Bertram decides to return to France. Unknown to him, Helena follows, accompanied by Diana and the Widow.
Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. It is 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. It is not among the playwright's most esteemed plays, with literary critic Harold Bloom writing that no one, "except George Bernard Shaw, ever has expressed much enthusiasm for All's Well That Ends Well."
