The Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare

The Seven
Ages
William
Shakespeare
Bio-Graphy :
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (born26 April 1564;
died 23 April 1616)was an English poet and
playwright, widely regarded as the greatest
writer in the English language and the
world's pre-eminent dramatist.He is often
called England's national poet and the
"Bard of Avon".His surviving works,
including some collaborations, consist of
about 38 plays,154 sonnets, two long
Shakespeare was born and raised in

Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he
married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had
three children: Susanna, and twins Ham net
and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he
began a successful career in London as an
actor, writer, and part owner of a playing
company called the Lord Chamberlain's
Men, later known as the King's Men. He
appears to have retired to Stratford around
1613, where he died three years later. Few
records of Shakespeare's private life
survive, and there has been considerable
Shakespeare produced most of his known

work between 1589 and 1613.His early
plays were mainly comedies and histories,
genres he raised to the peak of
sophistication and artistry by the end of
the 16th century. He then wrote mainly
tragedies until about 1608, including
Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth,
considered some of the finest works in the
English language. In his last phase, he
wrote tragicomedies, also known as
romances, and collaborated with other
playwrights.
Many of his plays were published in
Shakespeare was a respected poet and

playwright in his own day, but his
reputation did not rise to its present
heights until the 19th century. The
Romantics, in particular, acclaimed
Shakespeare's genius, and the Victorians
worshipped Shakespeare with a reverence
that George Bernard Shaw called
"bardolatry". In the 20th century,
his work was repeatedly adopted and
rediscovered by new movements in
scholarship and performance. His plays
remain highly popular today and are
THE SEVEN AGES

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,
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
Even in the cannon's mouth.
And then the justice
In fair round belly, with good capon lind,
With eyes severe ,and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws, and modern instances
The sixth age shifts

Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose, and pouch on
side,
His youthful hose well sav'd, 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,
Summary
The Seven Ages of Man is taken from
William Shakespeares famous play, As You
Like It (Act-II, Scene-VII), describes the
seven phases in a mans life-from
childhood to old age. The world is but a
global stage and all men and women
presented here are mere puppets in the
hands of destiny. Just like the
infrastructures of a stage, the world has its
own entrances and exits. Every man in his
The first and

foremost act of
every human
being is the
stage of
infancy , where
he makes his
presence felt by
crying at the top
of his voice and
The second stage is the

whining schoolboy where he
learns to utter a plaintive,
high-pitched,protracted sound,
as in pain, fear, supplication,
or complaint. His shiny
morning face and his satchel;
a small bag, sometimes with a
shoulder strap; he creeps like
a snail and not willing to go to
school.
The third stage is

his early youth, the
peak of love and
high romance. He
sighs like a burning
furnace and sings
the sad ballads of
romance; full of
woe; affected with,
characterized by,
or indicating woe:
woeful melodies; to
impress his lovers
heart. The
The fourth stage

is that of a soldier
where life if full of
obligations,
commitments,
compliances,
oaths and vows.
His beard is like a
leopard or
panther. He
endlessly fights
for his honor, a
full presence of
The fifth stage is the adult-hood

where a man tries to live a fair and
justified life. His belly becomes
bigger than normal. He is conscious
about his diet and consumes a good
intake of capon; a cockerel
castrated to improve the flesh for
use as food. His eyes are severe with
seriousness and his beard is leveled
to a formal cut. He is to take a lot of
correct decisions to keep up with the
ever changing times. So this stage is
the most powerful stage in life.
The sixth stage is the middle-age. He

prepares himself for the next level in life
i.e. old age. He learns to relax from the
hustles of life. His strength begins to
weaken and spends more time within the
roof of his house. He looks like a buffoon
and an old fool in his rugged old slippers.
He hangs his spectacles on his nose for
reading and all his youthful hose; a flexible
tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a
desired point. His voice begins to descend
to a lower tone
The last stage is the

old-age where he
enters his second
childhood. It is also the
beginning of the end of
his eventful history. It is
also the stage of
oblivion; the state of
being completely
forgotten or unknown;
the state of forgetting
or of being oblivious;
official disregard or
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The Seven

Shakespeare was born and raised in

Shakespeare produced most of his known

Shakespeare was a respected poet and

THE SEVEN AGES

The sixth age shifts

The first and

The second stage is the

The third stage is

The fourth stage

The fifth stage is the adult-hood

The sixth stage is the middle-age. He

The last stage is the

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