Diana: Virtue Used as a Weapon
honour
deception
female solidarity
First appears: Act 3, Scene 5
Diana is the woman Bertram pursues in Florence with promises of marriage he has no intention of keeping. She accepts the ring he offers, then hands her place in the dark to Helena.
Her part in the bed-trick requires her to appear, at least to outsiders, to have slept with a married man. The play asks her to risk her reputation for Helena's sake.
In Act 5 she defends herself before the King of France with considerable skill, speaking in riddles that hold the plot together until Helena appears. She is a minor character who gets a major scene.
Key Scenes
Famous Quotes
“'Tis not the many oaths that makes the truth, But the plain single vow that is vow'd true.”
Diana — Act 4, Scene 2
Themes
Other Characters in All's Well That Ends Well
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