The Seven Ages
What according to you are the stages of a person's life? What characteristics would you associate with each stage?
A: Infancy crying, gurgling, sleeping, attachment to one's mother.
Toddler exploring the world around oneself.
Schooling period Curiosity, learning new things, carefree life.
Youth Ambition, Searching for love, friendships.
Middle Age Family, professional responsibilities, maturity.
Old age Treasury of experience, tiredness, lack of enthusiasm,
failing health, contentment on fulfilling life's
responsibilities.
Last Stage Childhood revisited, failing memory, peace / fear of
death.
Q. On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions by ticking the correct choice.
A: a. All the world's a stage is an extended metaphor for: the life of man.
b. All 'have their exits and their entrances'. Exits and entrances refer to : birth and death.
c. The seven roles that a man plays correspond to his: chronological age in life.
Q. Having read this extract, identify the stages of a person's life as Shakespeare has done. Write down the different stages and the characteristics special to that.
A: Stage Characteristics
Infancy Crying.
Schoolboy Hating school.
Lover Longing for love
Soldier Ready for action.
Justice Full of experiences.
Old Pantaloon Body doesn't cooperate.
Last Stage Child like characteristics.
Q. I think you can do the arranging the stages of life according to their attractiveness, yourself. :-)
Q. Explain the meaning of the following:
(a) ..... all the men and women merely players;
They have their entrances and exits.
Ans: The poet being a playwright wonderfully imagines the whole world to be a stage and thinks of us as players. Everyone has a part to play. We all have our entrances that is our birth and our exits which is death. We all have a particular part to play. Not everyone is permanent in our lives, not even ourselves, so it can be said that once the part is over we exit.
(b) And then the lover,
Sighing like a furnace.
Ans: The third stage, which is that of a lover, sees the lover always thinking of his beloved, who can't go through even a moment of separation. He is always sighing to meet his beloved again, the sighing sound akin to the sound of a furnace.
(c) a soldier,
...... seeking the bubble reputation,
Even in the cannon's mouth.
Ans: A soldier is ever ready to lay down his life for a good cause. He is not afraid of death. Always ready to fight the enemy forces. The idea of war and eventual death doesn't scare him. He thinks his life can be compared to that of a bubble, which, though short-lived lives a life of glory.
Q. Metaphor and Simile.
A: Metaphor: Simply put - something / someone compared to something - comparison
e.g. He was our light in darkness. Him being compared to a light.
Simile: x like / as y. Eyes as deep as the blue ocean.
Metaphors and Similes from the poem:
World A stage- Metaphor
Men , Women Mere players - Metaphor
Schoolboy Whining Schoolboy - Simile
Lover Sighing like a furnace - Simile
Soldier Bearded like the leopard
Reputation Bubble reputation - Metaphor
Voice Childish - Metaphor
Q. In this poem, life is compared to a play, people to stage actors. etc. Can you think of some other comparison?
A: Yes, I'd like to compare human life to that of weekdays. Very much like a relaxed Sunday, our infancy and toddler days are relaxed and carefree, taken care of by our elders. Monday blues hit as we are required to spend longer periods at school. But, as the week progresses into Tuesdays and Wednesdays, we get the hang of school, learning through play, forging new friendships, we get into the act. And like Thrusdays, we are busy with getting married, starting a family, taking care of responsibilities etc. By the time it is Friday or middle age, we are relaxed as most of our responsibilities are taken care of and look forward to the weekend I;e old age.
THE END .....
Seetha Lakshmi! :-)
What according to you are the stages of a person's life? What characteristics would you associate with each stage?
A: Infancy crying, gurgling, sleeping, attachment to one's mother.
Toddler exploring the world around oneself.
Schooling period Curiosity, learning new things, carefree life.
Youth Ambition, Searching for love, friendships.
Middle Age Family, professional responsibilities, maturity.
Old age Treasury of experience, tiredness, lack of enthusiasm,
failing health, contentment on fulfilling life's
responsibilities.
Last Stage Childhood revisited, failing memory, peace / fear of
death.
Q. On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions by ticking the correct choice.
A: a. All the world's a stage is an extended metaphor for: the life of man.
b. All 'have their exits and their entrances'. Exits and entrances refer to : birth and death.
c. The seven roles that a man plays correspond to his: chronological age in life.
Q. Having read this extract, identify the stages of a person's life as Shakespeare has done. Write down the different stages and the characteristics special to that.
A: Stage Characteristics
Infancy Crying.
Schoolboy Hating school.
Lover Longing for love
Soldier Ready for action.
Justice Full of experiences.
Old Pantaloon Body doesn't cooperate.
Last Stage Child like characteristics.
Q. I think you can do the arranging the stages of life according to their attractiveness, yourself. :-)
Q. Explain the meaning of the following:
(a) ..... all the men and women merely players;
They have their entrances and exits.
Ans: The poet being a playwright wonderfully imagines the whole world to be a stage and thinks of us as players. Everyone has a part to play. We all have our entrances that is our birth and our exits which is death. We all have a particular part to play. Not everyone is permanent in our lives, not even ourselves, so it can be said that once the part is over we exit.
(b) And then the lover,
Sighing like a furnace.
Ans: The third stage, which is that of a lover, sees the lover always thinking of his beloved, who can't go through even a moment of separation. He is always sighing to meet his beloved again, the sighing sound akin to the sound of a furnace.
(c) a soldier,
...... seeking the bubble reputation,
Even in the cannon's mouth.
Ans: A soldier is ever ready to lay down his life for a good cause. He is not afraid of death. Always ready to fight the enemy forces. The idea of war and eventual death doesn't scare him. He thinks his life can be compared to that of a bubble, which, though short-lived lives a life of glory.
Q. Metaphor and Simile.
A: Metaphor: Simply put - something / someone compared to something - comparison
e.g. He was our light in darkness. Him being compared to a light.
Simile: x like / as y. Eyes as deep as the blue ocean.
Metaphors and Similes from the poem:
World A stage- Metaphor
Men , Women Mere players - Metaphor
Schoolboy Whining Schoolboy - Simile
Lover Sighing like a furnace - Simile
Soldier Bearded like the leopard
Reputation Bubble reputation - Metaphor
Voice Childish - Metaphor
Q. In this poem, life is compared to a play, people to stage actors. etc. Can you think of some other comparison?
A: Yes, I'd like to compare human life to that of weekdays. Very much like a relaxed Sunday, our infancy and toddler days are relaxed and carefree, taken care of by our elders. Monday blues hit as we are required to spend longer periods at school. But, as the week progresses into Tuesdays and Wednesdays, we get the hang of school, learning through play, forging new friendships, we get into the act. And like Thrusdays, we are busy with getting married, starting a family, taking care of responsibilities etc. By the time it is Friday or middle age, we are relaxed as most of our responsibilities are taken care of and look forward to the weekend I;e old age.
THE END .....
Seetha Lakshmi! :-)
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