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Parolles ♂ male

365Lines Spoken 1.1First Scene 5.3Last Scene 12.5%Of Play Dialogue

Parolles is the #3 role in All's Well That Ends Well by line count (365 lines, 12.5% of the play), sharing the stage most often with Bertram — 7 scenes together across Acts 1 to 5.

Parolles’s position in the full cast

# Role Lines Share
1 Helena 473 16.2%
2 King 387 13.2%
3 Parolles (this role) 365 12.5%
4 Countess 281 9.6%
5 Lafeu 274 9.4%
6 Bertram 273 9.3%
7 Clown 193 6.6%
8 Second Lord 147 5.0%
9 Diana 136 4.6%
10 First Lord 114 3.9%

How Parolles’s dialogue distributes across the play

Act Lines Intensity
Act 1 63
Act 2 113
Act 3 17
Act 4 138
Act 5 34

Parolles’s dramatic peak falls in Act 4 with 138 lines.

Every scene where Parolles speaks

Act / Scene Lines spoken Share of scene
Act 1, Scene 1 63 28.4%
Act 2, Scene 1 21 9.5%
Act 2, Scene 3 60 19.9%
Act 2, Scene 4 23 41.1%
Act 2, Scene 5 9 9.4%
Act 3, Scene 5 1 0.9%
Act 3, Scene 6 16 14.2%
Act 4, Scene 1 40 42.6%
Act 4, Scene 3 98 30.5%
Act 5, Scene 2 17 31.5%
Act 5, Scene 3 17 4.5%

Voice signature

Opening line (Act 1, Scene 1): “Are you meditating on virginity?”

Longest speech (Act 4, Scene 3): “sir, in a dungeon, i' the stocks, or any where, so I may live.”

Exit line (Act 5, Scene 3): “derive me ill will to speak of; therefore I will not”

Who Parolles shares the stage with

Scene partner Shared scenes
Bertram 7
Helena 7
Lafeu 6
Second Lord 5
First Lord 4
King 3
Clown 2
Diana 2
First Soldier 2
All 2

Questions about Parolles

Is Parolles the lead role in All’s Well That Ends Well?

Parolles is ranked #3 by line count among 24 speaking characters in All's Well That Ends Well — carrying 12.5% of the play’s dialogue.

What is Parolles’s longest scene?

Act 4 Scene 3, where Parolles speaks 98 lines.

Who does Parolles speak to the most?

Parolles shares the most scenes with Bertram — 7 scenes together across All's Well That Ends Well.