THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN BY WILLIAMSHAKESPEARS

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,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, 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 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 slipper'd 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.


SUMMARY

THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN  

Jacques compares the world to a stage, and men and women to the players in a drama...They come and go as their roles demand just like the artists perform according to the director's instruction. Every man has seven stages in his life.

The first is infancy. As a child he cries and plays in the nurse's arms. The second stage is boyhood. He plays role of a school boy who goes to school unwillingly. The third stage in man's life is youth. He becomes aware of his need for company. He falls in love and writes poems on his beloved. the fourth stage is filled with actions of soldier. He swears to protect his country and people. With a beard and fierce looks a leopard, the soldier is ready to fight. He seeks fame and name through velour. To become immortal he is ready to sacrifice his life before the gun.

The fifth stage is when man attains middle age. He grows fat but is wise. He has solutions for all the legal problems posed to him. He plays his part as judge. The sixth phase of life is not of as much interest as the previous stages; it is that of an old man with reduced body and strength and with spectacles to enable him to see. His youthful body becomes ugly and even his voice grows shrill. The last stage is still worse where the old man becomes older and he loses his teeth, his sight, and taste and becomes weak. He can neither walk nor speak well. It is like second childhood as he depends upon others for every thing. Hi is just waiting for the end of his life. that is death...

Reality of life...


BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE


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