All's Well That Ends Well is a comedic tragedy, or problem play, about young nobleman Bertram and his mother's ward, doctor's daughter Helena. Taking place for the most part in early Renaissance France, the play deals with Helena's attempts to trick Bertram into marrying her. It introduces foundational dramatic techniques like the Bed Trick and plays with Elizabethan morals as they relate to marriage, war, inheritance, and filial duty to the throne.
In Shakespeares Alls Well that Ends Well Helena the protagonist is hopelessly in love with a Countesss son and in the lines of this dramatic monologue she explains this to his mother Although the Countess does approve of the love match between her son and Helena her son does not Within the structure of the poem there are end stopped lines which represent the hopeless love Helena has for the count in her short sincere phrases For example in line 4 Helena says I love your son and that ends the li