All's Well That Ends Well

'All's Well That Ends Well', a play by William Shakespeare, presents a complex ethical dilemma that challenges the characters and the audience alike. The play tells the story of Helena, a low-born ward who is in love with Bertram, the son of a French-Spanish countess. Bertram rejects Helena, and after he is forced to marry her by the King of France, he runs away to Italy, where he courts a local virgin named Diana. Helena follows him and arranges to perform the bed trick with Diana, thereby consummating her marriage to Bertram without his knowledge. The play is considered one of Shakespeare's "problem plays," and explores issues of love, class, and morality.