Key Skills in English 2 18 All’s Well Tat Ends Well (a) Background information and questions
Te central action of All’s Well Tat Ends Well concerns Helena, a beautiful woman, and her pursuit of a man of higher social position than herself in the French court of Rousillon. Helena is the daughter of a court physician who has recently died. Te man whom she pursues is Bertram, a young man of the nobility, who is in mourning for his dead father, the Count.
1. Where is this play set? ____________________________________________________ 2. What do Helena and Bertram have in common?______________________________ 3. Whose father was once a doctor? __________________________________________ 4. Who is being pursued in this play? _________________________________________ 5. Why do you think Helena may be considered unsuitable to marry Bertram? _____