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THE SEVEN AGES
BY WILLIUM
SHAKESPEARE
PRESENTED BY
RAKESH KR
Is living most like walking through passages? going on a voyage? Or, like playing parts in a play?
The Seven Ages of ManIntroducing the Poem
In these lines from Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It, Shakespeare compares the world to a stage, people to actors, and their lives to roles in a play.
The Seven Ages of ManIntroducing the Poem
In the play, Jaques speaks these lines as a monologue—a long speech delivered by a single character. Here the lines are presented as a poem.
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All the world’s a stageAnd 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.
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At first the infant,Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
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Then the whining schoolboy,with his satchel
And shining morning face,creeping like snailUnwillingly to school.
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And then the lover,Sighing like furnace,with a woeful balladMade to his mistress’eyebrow.
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Then a soldier Full of strange oaths,and bearded like the pard,Jealous in honour,sudden and quick in quarrel,Seeking in the bubble reputation.Even in the cannon’s mouth.
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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 modern instances;And so he plays his part.
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The sixth age shifts into lean and slippered pantaloon,With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,His youthful hose,well saved,a world too wideFor his shrunk shank;and his big manly voice,Turning again toward childish treble,pipesAnd whistles in his sound.
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Last scene of all,That ends this strange eventful history,Is second childlishness and mere oblivion,Sans teeth,sans eyes,sans taste,sans everything.
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LET’S RECITE THE POEMTHE SEVEN AGES
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THE SEVEN AGESBY WILLIUM SHAKESPEARE
All the world’s a stageAnd 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 satchelAnd shining morning
face,creeping like snailUnwillingly 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 in the bubble reputation.Even 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
modern instances;And so he plays his part. The sixth age
shifts into 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 childlishness
and mere oblivion,Sans teeth,sans eyes,
sans taste,sans everything.
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WORD MEANING
Mewling crying
Puking Being sick
Woeful Very sad
Pantaloon A funny old man
Treble A high voice
Oblivion Forgetting everything
Sans without
Saws sayings
IMPORTANT WORDS
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1. INFANCY2. STUDENT3. LOVER4. SOLDIER
5. JUDGE6. OLD MAN
7. SENILITY
According to the poet, there are seven stages of a person’s life
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1.INFANCY
Innocence, joy, crying, falls sick, fully dependent
Each stage is associated with certain characteristics
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Complaining, curious, smartly dressed, unwillingly to go to school
2. STUDENT
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Emotional, imaginative, poetic, sentimental, sighing deeply
3. LOVER
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Fearless, quick tempered, ambitious, swearing, guards his honour
4. SOLDIER
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Wise, responsible, practical, controlled, serious
5. JUDGE
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Lean and thin, weak, spectacled, declining in health
6. OLD MAN
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Toothless, poor eyesight, poor taste, forgetful
7. SENILITY
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STAGES CHARACTERISTICS1. INFANCY Innocence, joy, crying, falls sick, fully dependent
2. STUDENT Complaining, curious, smartly dressed, unwillingly to go to school
3. LOVER Emotional, imaginative, poetic, sentimental, sighing deeply
4. SOLDIER Fearless, quick tempered, ambitious, swearing, guards his honour
5. JUDGE Wise, responsible, practical, controlled, serious
6. OLD MAN Lean and thin, weak, spectacled, declining in health
7. SENILITY Toothless, poor eyesight, poor taste, forgetful
Each stage is associated with certain characteristics
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ACTIVITY TIME
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WHO AM I?
INFANT OR STUDENT
OR LOVER OR
SOLDIER OR JUDGE
OR OLD MAN OR
Senility
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I AM INNOCENT AND FULLY DEPENDANT
INFANT
WHO AM I?
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I AM TOOTHLESS AND VERY FORGETFUL
I HAVE POOR TASTE AND EYE SIGHT
SENIAL
WHO AM I?
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I AM FEARLESS, AMBITIOUS AND QUICK TEMPERED
I GUARD MY HONOUR
SOLDIER
WHO AM I?
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I AM VERY CURIOUS AND FULL OF COMPLAINTS
STUDENT
WHO AM I?
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I AM LOST IN MY THOUGHT AND VERY IMAGINATIVE
I AM POET OF MY OWN
LOVER
WHO AM I?
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HELP ME OUT PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
METAPHO
R ORSIMILE
A. He was a lion in the battle. (Metaphor) B. He fought like a lion. (Simile)In (A) the writer talks of the soldier in terms of a lion.
The comparison is implied. A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word like, as, than, or resembles.
In (B) the writer compares the soldier to a lion with the use of the word like (as may also be used for such comparisons)
SIMILE & METAPHOR
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1. All the world a stage2. Creeping like snail3. Bubble reputation4. Sighing like furnace5. Whining school boy6. Bearded like the pard7. All the men and
women merely players
Metaphor
Simile
Metaphor
Simile Metaphor
Simile
Metaphor
Metaphor OR Simile
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1. RECITE THE POEM (POEM RECITATION COMPETITION)
2. WHICH AGE OF LIFE DO YOU LIKE MOST? AND WHY?
3. PREPARE A PPT 4. EXPLAIN THE SEVEN AGES OF LIFE 5. WORD MEANING 6. TEXTUAL QUESTIONS 7. ROLE PLAY
CLASS WORK & HOME WORK
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THANK YOU
End of the seven ages of man by william shakespeare