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Could someone explain the ring sequence in All's Well that Ends Well? It appears that the ring Bertram shows up with in Act V, Scene iii is the one Helena put on his finger in the "bed-trick". Bertram thought that this ring was one which Diana put on him in bed. It further appears that the ring Bertram gave Diana in Act IV, Scene ii is a look-a-like ring and that's the one which Diana shows up with in Act V, Scene iii. But Act V, Scene iii may also be interpreted in such a way that only one ring is involved, and that Diana is lying when she says she has a "second" ring. Under this "one ring" theory, the chain of custody of the one ring would be "King to Helena to Bertam to Diana to Helena to Bertram (in bed). I'm confused. Can anyone straighten this out for me?Posted by Paul DeWitt on March 23, 1997 at 10:49:52
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