The saying “all’s fair in love and war” means that normal rules of behavior are suspended in these situations, allowing for questionable actions. It can motivate individuals to take risks to win someone’s heart, but can also justify endangering others. It can lead to happy unions or harm to others, so not all strategies need […]
All’s Well That Ends Well is a problematic play written by Shakespeare in the early 1600s, inspired by a folktale. The play’s morally ambiguous territory led to it being called a “problematic play.” The play’s heroine, Helen, marries Bertram through twisted circumstances, which is not a typical rom-com approach. The play’s complexity increased the literary […]
The idiom “all’s well that ends well” means that as long as the end result is positive, any difficulties faced in achieving a goal are acceptable. It was popularized by Shakespeare’s play of the same name, but was already in common use among Britons. The idiomatic expression “all’s well that ends well” is usually used […]
