1.
THE SEVEN AGES OF
MAN
from the play:
AS YOU LIKE IT
By: William Shakespeare

2.
❖define the meaning of the unfamiliar
words found in the text,
❖answer comprehensively the
questions embedded in the play, and
❖compare and contrast the different
ages of man identified in the
monologue.

3.
VOCABULARY:

4.
Let’s
unlock!

5.
m l
w i g
crying
e n

6.
o b i v i
display unconsciousness
or nothingness
l o n

7.
p k
u i n g
throwing up or vomiting

8.
h
t
a e
c l
schoolbag
s

9.
h
s n
a k
a person's leg, especially
the part from the knee to
the ankle

10.
w e l
o
unhappy or
sorrowful
f u

11.
1.MEWLING – crying
2.PUKING - vomiting
3.WHINING – complaining in an annoying way
4.SATCHEL – a schoolbag
5.FURNACE - one for melting metals
6.PARD – a large strong cat
7.CAPON - a male fat chicken; a fowl
8.SAWS – 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 – 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.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
❖Born to John Shakespeare, (a glove maker
and tradesman), and Mary Arden, the
daughter of an affluent farmer
❖baptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford-
upon-Avon
❖third of eight children
❖attended the local grammar school, King's
New School
Early Life

15.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Marriage and Family Life
❖in 1582 at age 18, he married Anne Hathaway (a
woman eight years his senior)
❖Their first child, Susanna, was born in 1583, and twins,
Hamnet and Judith, came in 1585
Works
❖Between 1590 and 1592, Shakespeare's Henry VI series,
Richard III, and The Comedy of Errors were performed
❖in 1594 Shakespeare became a shareholder in the Lord
Chamberlain's Men, one of the most popular acting
companies in London

16.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
❖his most prolific periods around 1595,
he wrote Richard II, Romeo and
Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream,
and The Merchant of Venice
❖Shakespeare purchased the second
largest home in Stratford in 1597
Playwright

17.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Death
❖In 1616, with his health declining, Shakespeare
revised his will
❖Shakespeare left the bulk of his estate to his two
daughters
❖A fascinating detail of his will is that he bequeathed
the family's “second best bed” to his wife Anne
❖He died on April 23, 1616 at the age of 52
❖he left a lasting legacy in the form of 38 plays, 154
sonnets, and two narrative poems.
❖he was recognized as one of the greatest English
playwrights of his era

18.
BRIEF INTRODUCTION:
SEVEN
AGES
OF MAN
7 stages of
life
qualities
features
players Plays his/her own
part in life

19.
THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN
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.
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,

20.
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,

21.
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.

22.
THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN
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.
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,

23.
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,

24.
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.

25.
SEVEN STAGES OF MAN’S LIFE:
Infancy
➢Mewling and puking
➢Gets attention by crying
➢Dependent from the people
around him

26.
Schoolboy
➢Whining
➢Shining morning face
➢Creeping like a snail

27.
Lover
➢Sighing like furnace
➢Writing his woeful
ballad
➢Early youth

28.
Soldier
➢Full of strange
oaths
➢Bearded like a pard
➢Jealous in honor
➢Seeking bubble
reputation

29.
Justice
➢Fair round belly
➢With capon lined
➢Full of wise saws
➢Beard of formal cut

30.
Old Age
➢Lean and slippered
pantaloon
➢With spectacles on nose
➢Shrunk shank
➢Turning toward childish
treble

31.
Incapacity
➢Second childishness
➢Mere oblivion
➢Sans everything
➢Behaves like a child
➢Dependent on
others

32.
SIMILES and METAPHORS:
From the poem, note down the metaphors and similes.
Copy and complete the following chart.
ITEM SIMILE METAPHOR
World All the world’s 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

33.
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 schoolboy’s attitude towards school.
4. What is compared to the “stage” 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 speaker’s description of old age?
Why?
7. What message does Shakespeare’s “The Seven Age of Man”
convey?

34.
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