William Shakespeare was a shining star in the sky of English literature that had created a history by way of critically analyzing the problems of human beings and tried to resolve them virtually. He was the greatest dramatist and poet in the world. He led his life very simply, cleanly and controlled which were the best ornaments at that time. He was born in 1564 in Stratford in England in the village of Port Avon. From his childhood, he was sincere and soft minded. He was intelligent and uncommon genius. He had written a number of books based on tragic drama and romantic comedy. He had had the recognition of the world as a world-class author which stirs the mind of the readers for all time in the history. He died in 1616. Now, I will try to focus one of his books ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ where the author has created the complex problems of human beings like love, jealousy, competition, over ambitious and thieving.
Helena, the urchin offspring of a famous practitioner, is the ward of the Countess of Roussillon, and desperately in love with her son, Count Bertram, who has been sent to the court of the King of France. Regardless of her beauty and worth, Helena has no optimism of attracting Bertram, in view of the fact that 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 Roussillon, 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.
In view of the above, it is evident that in Roussillon, all and sundry is mourning Helena as departed. The King is visiting, and consents to Bertram marrying the daughter of an old, faithful lord, named Lafew. However, he notices a ring on Bertram’s finger that formerly belonged to Helena–it was a gift from the King after she saved his life. Bertram is at a loss to explain where it came from, but just then Diana and her mother appear to explain matters–followed by Helena, who informs her husband that both his conditions have been fulfilled. Chastened, Bertram consents to be a good husband to her, and there is general rejoicing.