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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Ranald, Margaret
Affiliation: Department Of English, Queens College

Detailed Summary of "All's Well That Ends Well"

Act I: Scene 1

The play opens in the palace of the Count of Roussillon with the entry of
the Countess of Roussillon with her son; Bertram, Lafeu, a French Lord; and
Helena, the daughter of the recently deceased family physician. The company
are wearing black and are in mourning for the late Count. There is added
sadness too, because Bertram is about to leave home for the court of the King
of France. His presence has been ...

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