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All's Well That Ends Well: Critical Essay by Carol Thomas Neely

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William Shakespeare
About 31 pages (9,142 words)
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SOURCE: "Power and Virginity in the Problem Comedies: All's Well That Ends Well," in Broken Nuptials in Shakespeare's Plays, Yale University Press, 1985, pp. 58-104.

In the following excerpt, Neely argues that as a "problem play, " an often corrupt sexuality, rather than romantic love, drives action and informs imagery, language, character, and plot of All's Well That Ends Well.

This is a free excerpt of 59 words. There are 9,142 words (approx. 30 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.

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