All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 3 Scene 3

14Lines 2Speakers

All's Well That Ends Well, Act 3 Scene 3 runs 14 lines of dialogue, spoken by 2 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 127 lines. This scene is part of Act 3 of All's Well That Ends Well.

Full Dialogue

Duke ♂

The general of our horse thou art; and we,
Great in our hope, lay our best love and credence
Upon thy promising fortune.

Bertram ♂

Sir, it is
A charge too heavy for my strength, but yet
We'll strive to bear it for your worthy sake
To the extreme edge of hazard.

Duke ♂

Then go thou forth;
And fortune play upon thy prosperous helm,
As thy auspicious mistress!

Bertram ♂

This very day,
Great Mars, I put myself into thy file:
Make me but like my thoughts, and I shall prove
A lover of thy drum, hater of love.

14 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.

Who’s On Stage

Speaking characters in this scene

Character	Lines	Share
Bertram	8	57.1%
Duke	6	42.9%

Line distribution

The top speaker in this scene delivers 8 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 7 lines.

Total speakers on stage

2 named characters speak in this scene.

Scene in Context

Position within Act 3

This is Scene 3 of 7 in Act 3 of All's Well That Ends Well.

Scene length vs. play average

At 14 lines, this scene is shorter than the All's Well That Ends Well average scene in All's Well That Ends Well (~127 lines).

Adjacent scenes

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