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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelShakespeare is one of the greatest Elizabethan writers for he is a genius and
prolific writer. His genius is revealed through his incredible variety of plays and
characters. All's Well that Ends Well, which was written about 1602, is considered as
one of Shakespeare's dark comedies that had some of his finest passages. It tells
about a young woman who keeps loyal to her husband although her husband never
loves her, and he also treats her badly. The writer is interested in finding what factors
which influence her to be so since usually a woman cannot stand such situation. In
her analysis, the writer uses literary theories of characterization and setting. She also
uses literary criticisms to support her analysis. The writer finds that the main female
character's loyalty in the play is influenced by two factors, the internal and external
factor. The internal factors influencing her to be loyal to her husband are her
character traits especially her being pious, persistent, and virtuous. Her piety allows
her to obey the Christian teaching including the doctrine which regulates love and
marriage like the book of I Corinthians and also the book of Matthew. Her persistence
makes her able to overcome the hardship for being Bertram's real wife, and her virtue
allows her to forgive Bertram again and again and still stay in the marriage. The
writer finds that the society's view on marriage and the countess are the external
factors influencing the main female character's loyalty. The external factors
strengthen the internal factors influencing her to be loyal to her husband