- The world is like a stage where humans play different roles throughout their lives from birth to death. - According to the poet, a human plays seven roles or stages in their life - as an infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, old man, and second childhood before death. - The stages depict the physical and mental changes a person undergoes from being fully dependent as an infant to losing abilities in old age before exiting the world.

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All 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,
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His acts being seven ages. At first, the
infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's
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arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his
satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like
snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the
lover,
3.
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful
ballad
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Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a
soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like
the pard,
Jealous in honor, 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
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 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.

6. And all the men and women merely players ———– His act being
seven ages. At first the infant.
Explanation
In the opinion of the poet man’s life on earth is like a big drama, in
which men and women play their parts before their death. Man has to
play many parts before their death Man has to play many parts and his
life has been divided into seven parts.
This world is just like a stage of a theatre. All persons being players are
given different roles. Every individual plays a definite role during his
life, which normally consists of seven parts or acts.
In order to make his meaning clear, he makes a comparison of life with
the stage. The first stage of a man is being an infant i.e. when he
enters in this world and makes his exist in this stage of world as a baby.

7. Mewling and puking in the nurse’arms ——— Sighing like
furnace, with a woeful ballad
Explanation
Shakespeare says that each human being performs seven
parts in this small drama on the stage of the world. He
makes his entry as a baby who is fully dependent upon
others. This stage ends when the infant grows into a
school child.
Shakespeare describes him as a boy having a face fresh
like morning, with his bag hanging on his side, walking
appropriately to school. In the beginning he does not like
going to school but gradually his thinking changes. When
time passes onwards the schoolboy transformed into a
youngster. He is not an adult yet and due to lack of
maturity, he indulges in infatuations.

8. Made to his mistress’ eyebrow; then a soldier…………. Even in
the cannon’s mouth; and then, the justice,
Explanation
In the above poetic lines, William Shakespeare, describes the
fourth stage of man’s life. At this stage of his life, man’s
strength and courage is at zenith. He enjoys energetic life with
a fearfully quick-tempered nature. He is not contended at
what he has and always looks what other have. Since he is
quite emotional and warm blooded that is why quarrels are
parts of his normal daily life.
He is always be seeker of worldly name and fame, which is
short lived, and transient like a bubble which disappears
within no time from its appearance. His thrust for getting
honour and esteem never quenches and strives his best to
gain status. Putting his life at stake for getting something
noteable is quite easy for him.

9. In fair round belly with good capon lin’d………And so he
plays his part
Explanation
In the above lines, William Shakespeare describes the
fifth stage of man’s life which he calls middle age or
“judge”. In fair round belly with good tasty food, with
eyes penetrating and beard of formal cut, full of wise
saws and modern instances, man acts his fifth part as a
judge. His body develops as he gets matured. Practically,
his is a blend of custom, morality, religion, and education.
The visible authority can be well located in him. Here he
acts like the ruler, or chief; the ultimate authorities to
pass a judgment on any aspects of life.

10. The sixth age shifts, into the lean…………………
turning again toward childish treble. pipes
Explanation
In the above lines William Shakespeare narrates
the exact events that take place in the sixth
stage of human life which is its autumnal
decadence. The picturesque setting of man is
gradually going thin in his stature and can no
longer fit into his clothes. The man grows older
and becomes weak. His authority grows less and
his voice trembles as he talks.

11. That ends strange eventful history…………Sans teeth, sans eyes,
sans taste and everything.
Explanation:
The poet in the above lines narrates the seventh and the
tragic end of man’s life which starting from a newborn and
passing through various different stages finally reaches at its
last stage. This age of man’s life is more or less same as that of
the second phase of man’s life because at this stage man again
behaves like a child. He disobeys what he is asked to do, he
cries for what he is not supposed to have or take and he looks
for short cuts what might benefit him to accomplish his
desires.
At the same time, this stage is the worst of the all stages as
man loses all of his senses and strength and his life truly
becomes dependent on others. His memory becomes weaken
and five senses start malfunctioning and finally he departs
from the world leaving behind a story full of events.

12. The seven ages is an
extract from William
Shakespeare . In, it the poet
compares human life to
stage of a drama theater
and human begins as actor
on it. their ‘births’ are
‘entrance’ and ‘deaths’ are
‘exit'. they play seven
different parts of life. Then
they ‘exit’ after the seventh

13. • According to the
poet the world is a
stage of a drama
theater human
begins are actor on
it. their ‘births’ are
‘entrance’ and
‘deaths’ are ‘exit'.
they die after their
final and last
stage the seventh

14. Human
life

15. • First
stage is
of man as
an
infant. In
this
stage he
was

16. • Soon he starts
going to school
unwillingly .He
doesn't want to
go to school but
still his parents
force him to go
to school so he

17. • The third role
he plays as
lover .in this
stage he sighs
like a furnace
and sings some
woeful
ballads.

18. • The fourth is of a
soldier. In it he
sports a
beardlike that
of a leopard. He
is quick tempered
in matter of
honour. He seeks

19. • The fifth stage
begins when he
become a judge. His
body becomes fat
chicken .His eye
are now harsh
looking. He
becomes strict in

20. • In this
stage a
person
become old
wearing a
pat loon .his
strong
voice

21. • In this stage
a person
was
extremely
old he
become
oblivious
and he was