The quote "The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together" is from which of Shakespeare's plays?
The 1600s play "All's Well That Ends Well" (Act 4, scene 3 — l. 67- 68) written by William Shakespeare has the quote "The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together". It is said by one lord to another. The focus here is clearly on the true problematic relationship of the key characters within the play. This is a play with its striking focus on sexual and gender politics (problems are linked to Helena a determined woman undeterred to take on a challenge in a patriarchal world).
"All’s Well that Ends Well" is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s best “problem plays”. It is one that suggests that the problematic nature of the play is due to the unease that audiences feel at the nature of the central love story which specifically link this unease to the “quasi-incestuous” make up of Bertram and Helena’s relationship.
Furthermore, it seems that at the time the play was written, it got an indifferent reception. This reaction happened to the play, it appears, because the female protagonist was an active pursuer of a male and the basis for her chase wasn't the usual motivation of romantic love. It was accordingly based rather on some form of sexual anxiety. As the quote here suggests, people normally have their ups and downs when trying to face personal issues in their lives.
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