All’s Well That Ends Well

All’s Well That Ends Well
a comedy play by Shakespeare, written about 1603. Bertram is ordered by the king to marry Helena, who loves him, but under the bad influence of Parolles, he runs away to Florence. Helena follows him there, and tricks him into accepting her as his wife.

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  • all's well that ends well — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s play All s Well That Ends Well. Used not only as the title of the play, the line appears in the text too. HELENA: Yet, I pray you: But with the word the time will bring on summer, When briers shall have leaves as …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • all's well that ends well — spoken used for saying that a situation that did not start in a good way has ended in a way that is satisfactory or pleasing It was a difficult time, but all s well that ends well …   English dictionary

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