1. THE SEVEN AGES OF
MAN
from the play:
AS YOU LIKE IT
By: William Shakespeare
2. ādefine the meaning of the unfamiliar
words found in the text,
āanswer comprehensively the
questions embedded in the play, and
ācompare and contrast the different
ages of man identified in the
monologue.
11. 1.MEWLING ā crying
2.PUKING - vomiting
3.WHINING ā complaining in an annoying way
4.SATCHEL ā a schoolbag
5.FURNACE - one for melting metals
6.PARD ā a large strong cat
7.CAPON - a male fat chicken; a fowl
8.SAWS ā maxim; a proverb or a saying
9.PANTALOON - a character that is usually a
skinny old dotard who wears spectacles,
slippers, and a tight-fitting combination of
trousers and stockings ; pants with wide legs
10.OBLIVION ā forgetfulness
11.SANS - without
12. 1. The tiny kitten was ________ for its mother.
2. She went to the party ______ her husband.
3. It's humiliating to think you'd come to this empty
_________ just to get away from me.
4. She sat on the bed, placing her small ________of
belongings on the nightstand.
mewling
sans
furnace
satchel
5. A _______ always develops more uniformly and is
larger than the cockerel.
capon
13. 6. I feel like _______ after a heavy breakfast.
puking
7. Quit __________ and finish your dinner.
whining
8. We saw a big yellow-spotted ______ at the zoo.
pard
9. A clown in brightly colored ____________ was
invited at the party.
pantaloons
10. The technology is destined/headed
for ____________.
oblivion
11. That educated man has wise _______ to
impart.
saws
14.
15. IMPORTANT DETAILS:
āBorn to John Shakespeare, (a glove maker
and tradesman), and Mary Arden, the
daughter of an affluent farmer
ābaptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford-
upon-Avon
āthird of eight children
āattended the local grammar school, King's
New School
Early Life
16. IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Marriage and Family Life
āin 1582 at age 18, he married Anne Hathaway (a
woman eight years his senior)
āTheir first child, Susanna, was born in 1583, and twins,
Hamnet and Judith, came in 1585
Works
āBetween 1590 and 1592, Shakespeare's Henry VI series,
Richard III, and The Comedy of Errors were performed
āin 1594 Shakespeare became a shareholder in the Lord
Chamberlain's Men, one of the most popular acting
companies in London
17. IMPORTANT DETAILS:
āhis most prolific periods around 1595,
he wrote Richard II, Romeo and
Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream,
and The Merchant of Venice
āShakespeare purchased the second
largest home in Stratford in 1597
Playwright
18. IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Death
āIn 1616, with his health declining, Shakespeare
revised his will
āShakespeare left the bulk of his estate to his two
daughters
āA fascinating detail of his will is that he bequeathed
the family's āsecond best bedā to his wife Anne
āHe died on April 23, 1616 at the age of 52
āhe left a lasting legacy in the form of 38 plays, 154
sonnets, and two narrative poems.
āhe was recognized as one of the greatest English
playwrights of his era
20. THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN
All the world ās 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 nurseās 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,
21. 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 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,
22. 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.
23. THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN
All the world ās 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 nurseās 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,
24. 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 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,
25. 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.
26. SEVEN STAGES OF MANāS LIFE:
Infancy
ā¢Mewling and puking
ā¢Gets attention by crying
ā¢Dependent from the people
around him
33. SIMILES and METAPHORS:
From the poem, note down the metaphors and similes.
Copy and complete the following chart.
ITEM SIMILE METAPHOR
World All the worldās a stage
Men and women
School-boy
lover
Soldier
reputation
voice
men and women merely
players
Creeping like snail
sighing like a furnace
bearded like a pard
bubble reputation
big manly voice
34. Answering of Comprehension Questions
1. What comprises the seven ages of man or stages in life of
man according to the poem?
2. What roles does everyone play on the stage of his world
according to Shakespeare?
3. Describe the schoolboyās attitude towards school.
4. What is compared to the āstageā in the first two lines? How
are the two related?
5. According to the speaker, what physical and mental changes
take place as a man reaches the sixth and seventh ages?
6. Do you agree with the speakerās description of old age?
Why?
7. What message does Shakespeareās āThe Seven Age of Manā
convey?
35. CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE :
STAGE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE
Infancy
Childhood
Lover
Soldier
Justice
Old Age
Extreme Old Age
Crying, helpless
Whining, bright, alert, active
sentimental, unhappy, poetic,
tense
quarrelsome, short tempered, foolishly looking
for glory and fame in the jaws of death
Wise, mature, authoritative, responsible
getting weak and lean due to failing health,
loss of manly voice
Clueless ,dependent