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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