the seven ages of man william shakespeare
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THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE,AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN
MERELY PLAYERS
William Shakespeare
“As you like it”“As You Like It” is a stage play in the
form of a comedy.
The action takes place in a palace in northern Europe and in the Arden Forest.
The speaker of the poem is a character named Jaques.
In the speech Jaques tells what life is like: a great stage on which people play a variety of roles as they age.
The Seven Ages of Man
All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exits and entrances,And one man in his time plays many parts,
Extended Metaphor
His acts being seven ages.
At first the infant,Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then, the whining schoolboy with his
satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.Simile
And then the lover,Sighing like furnace, with a woeful
balladMade to his mistress' eyebrow.
Simile
Then a soldier,Full of strange oaths, and bearded like
the pard,Jealous in honor, sudden, and quick in
quarrel,Seeking the bubble reputationEven in the cannon's mouth.
Simile
Personification
And then the justiceIn fair round belly, with
good capon lined,With eyes severe, and
beard of formal cut,Full of wise saws, and
modern instances,And so he plays his part.
The sixth age shiftsInto the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side,
His youthful hose well saved, a world too wide,
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again towards childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound.
Last scene of all,That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans
everything.
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