The Seven Ages

Made By-

Agraj Garg

Class –: IX-D

Roll Number:- 3Project Submitted to -: Mrs. Leena Bhardwaj

William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. He is considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. He wrote 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems and about three dozen plays. Shakespeare used poetic and dramatic means to create unified aesthetic effects. In verse he perfected the dramatic blank verse.

The Seven AgesAll the world's a stage

And all the men and women merely players:

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts,

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. And then the lover,

Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad

Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier.

Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,

Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation .

The Seven AgesEven in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,

In fair round belly with good capon lined,

With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,

Full of wise saws and modem instances

And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts

Into 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 toward 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.

All the stages in the poemAll the stages in life are -:

1. Infancy

2.Childhood

3.Early Youth

4.Later Youth

5.Adulthood

6.Old Age

7.Very Old Age

Stage 1 - InfancyThe first stage, as described by the poet, is the infant who is being carried by a nurse. The infant cries and vomits all the time.

Stage 2 - ChildhoodLater, that infant grows into a schoolboy, not willing to attend school which is the second stage of a man’s life.

Stage – 3 Early YouthThe third stage is that of a lover who is lost in his thoughts of love. The lover writes poetry to his lady’s beauty.

Stage – 4 Later YouthIn the fourth stage, as he grows older, he joins the army and becomes a soldier. He is physically fit and is aggressive, short-tempered and ambitious in nature.

Stage – 5 AdulthoodThe fifth stage shows that with maturity and wisdom, the family man becomes a judge. He is a fair, healthy man full of wisdom. His look is authoritative and he advises people.

Stage – 6 Old AgeThe sixth stage is about the man who has grown old and is seen in a pantaloon and spectacles. His authoritative voice has grown weak and his voice trembles as he talks.

Stage – 7 Very Old AgeThe last stage is about the senile man who loses his teeth, his vision and his hearing. After this, the man part in the play ends and he exits from the stages of his life forever.

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