# Diana — All’s Well That Ends Well character guide

> Diana in All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Diana Capilet

**First appearance:** 0016-act-iii-scene-v

## Snapshot

A Florentine widow's daughter whose guarded virtue and quick moral judgment make her the one woman in the play who cannot be bought, only persuaded.

## Who they are

Diana moves through Florence as a young woman of respectable family, courted by Bertram with the same reckless appetite he brings to everything he wants. Her wariness of his flattery and her loyalty to her mother's household put her in a position to weigh reputation against compassion when Helena arrives needing help. Her decision to lend her name and her body's place to another woman's cause turns private virtue into the play's most consequential act of trust.

## Relationships

### [Bertram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_s_well_that_ends_well_se/characters/bertram)

_romantic_

Bertram pursues Diana as a sexual conquest, but she outwits him to help Helena.

### [King of France](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_s_well_that_ends_well_se/characters/king_of_france)

_professional_

Diana appeals to the King for justice after Bertram's betrayal, and he supports her cause.

### [Bertram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_s_well_that_ends_well_se/characters/bertram)

_romantic_

Bertram pursues Diana as a sexual conquest, but she outwits him to help Helena.

### [King of France](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_s_well_that_ends_well_se/characters/king_of_france)

_professional_

Diana appeals to the King for justice after Bertram's betrayal, and he supports her cause.

## In the story

### [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_s_well_that_ends_well_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-v)

Warned by Mariana and the Widow about Bertram and Parolles; she identifies Bertram and Parolles to Helena.

### [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_s_well_that_ends_well_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-ii)

Diana shrewdly parries Bertram's advances, demands his ring as a pledge, and secretly plans to trick him with a bed trick.

### [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_s_well_that_ends_well_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iii)

Diana is mentioned in Parolles's intercepted letter, which warns her against Bertram's advances and reveals Parolles's duplicity.

### [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_s_well_that_ends_well_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iv)

Diana agrees to follow Helena's instructions and suffer in her behalf.

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_s_well_that_ends_well_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i)

Present with Helena and the Widow in Marseilles.

### [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_s_well_that_ends_well_se/chapters/act-v-scene-iii)

Appears before the King with her mother, accuses Bertram of seduction and broken vows, and presents the ring as evidence.

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