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Bertram
The mother of Bertram, who also essentially adopts Helen after her father’s death. She is kind and supportive to Helen, and is not upset when she learns of Helen’s love for her son. She becomes increasingly upset with Bertram when he abandons and dishonors Helen, even claiming that he is no longer her son at one point.
The Countess of Rossillion Quotes in All's Well that Ends Well
The All's Well that Ends Well quotes below are all either spoken by The Countess of Rossillion or refer to The Countess of Rossillion. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 3
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Countess:
Tell me thy reason why thou wilt marry.
Fool:
My poor body, madam, requires it. I am driven on by the flesh, and he must needs go that the devil drives.
Countess:
Is this all your Worship’s reason?
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But think you, Helen,
If you should tender your supposed aid,
He would receive it? He and his physicians
Are of a mind: he that they cannot help him,
They that they cannot help. How shall they credit
A poor unlearned virgin, when the schools
Emboweled of their doctrine have left off
The danger to itself?
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Act 3, Scene 2
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I have sent you a daughter-in-law. She hath recovered the King and undone me. I have wedded her, not bedded her, and sworn to make the “not” eternal.
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The Countess of Rossillion Quotes in All's Well that Ends Well
The All's Well that Ends Well quotes below are all either spoken by The Countess of Rossillion or refer to The Countess of Rossillion. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 3
Quotes
Countess:
Tell me thy reason why thou wilt marry.
Fool:
My poor body, madam, requires it. I am driven on by the flesh, and he must needs go that the devil drives.
Countess:
Is this all your Worship’s reason?
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But think you, Helen,
If you should tender your supposed aid,
He would receive it? He and his physicians
Are of a mind: he that they cannot help him,
They that they cannot help. How shall they credit
A poor unlearned virgin, when the schools
Emboweled of their doctrine have left off
The danger to itself?
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Act 3, Scene 2
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I have sent you a daughter-in-law. She hath recovered the King and undone me. I have wedded her, not bedded her, and sworn to make the “not” eternal.
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