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.
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