All’s Well That Ends Well
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All’s Well That Ends Well is a Shakespearean comedy that blends romantic intrigue with dark, ambiguous themes of class, consent, and personal transformation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| All’s Well That Ends Well canonical | 3 |
| All's Well That Ends Well | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean comedy
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play ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of the Shakespearean canon ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
cure of a king
ⓘ
forced marriage ⓘ ring exchange ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticalReception | often classified as a problem play ⓘ |
| dramaticDevice |
bed trick
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deception ⓘ disguise ⓘ |
| dramaticForm |
prose
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verse ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | five-act structure ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
braggart soldier
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clever heroine ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1623 ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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problem play ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
ⓘ
stage productions worldwide ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
English Renaissance
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surface form:
Elizabethan-Jacobean era
|
| mainCharacter |
Bertram
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Countess of Rousillon NERFINISHED ⓘ Helena ⓘ King of France ⓘ Parolles ⓘ |
| period | early modern English theatre ⓘ |
| publishedIn |
First Folio of Shakespeare
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surface form:
First Folio
|
| setting |
Florence
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France ⓘ |
| source |
The Decameron
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surface form:
Boccaccio’s Decameron
|
| sourceStory | Giletta of Narbonne ⓘ |
| theme |
class mobility
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consent ⓘ gender roles ⓘ honor ⓘ marriage ⓘ personal transformation ⓘ sexual coercion ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| tone |
ambiguous
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darkly comic ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Works of William Shakespeare
this entity surface form:
All's Well That Ends Well