These last two plays that we have read have two distinct characters, Helena and Viola, who are similar and different in many ways. In the play "All's Well That Ends Well," we were introduced to a young lady who had been smitten by the looks of a young fellow she felt was not in her reach. Her name was Helena, the daughter of a very famous, deceased, court physician. She had the physical and mental attributes that could command the attention of any eligible bachelor, but unfortunately, she didn't have the correct social pedigree to entice the man whom she cared for, Bertram, a court's son. This first characteristic matches perfectly with a young lady we meet at the beginning of our second play, "Twelfth Night." Her name was Viola; she too was smitten by the looks and manner of a man that was well beyond her reach. Here, she had been shipwrecked and ended up on the seacoast, a young, pretty, virgin woman, all alone. She then comes to find out that this "Duke" governs the land they are on, of whom she has heard of by her father, and she concocts a plan to get next to him and try to win him over.
             To make things more twisted, these two young women then devise more schemes of deception and trickery to win their men. Helena puts her plan to work by getting close to her lover's father, as Viola tries to get close by disguising herself as a young and wins over the trust of her lover. Both of these women seem to be extremely smart and headstrong. They both see something they want and will do whatever it takes to get it. Helena gives the audience proof that she will stop at nothing during the first act, "... my project may deceive me, but my intents are fixed, and will not leave me."
             One contrasting characteristic between the two ladies is the manner that they take to win over these men. Helena chooses a subtle more pleasing and harmless approach whereas; Viola chooses to be down right deceptive. Helena just wants to get in good by sho...