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Seven Ages Of A Man (Poets background (William Shakespeare was born on…
Seven Ages Of A Man
Purpose
The name of Shakespeare’s theatre, The Globe, was a promise to audiences that they really would see all the world put on a stage before them for a few hours, even if the characters strutting their hour upon the stage
Summary
The Seven Stages are:
Youth /
Soldier
"Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation"
Middle Age /
Justice
"In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws, and modern instances"
Teenager /
Lover
"Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow"
Old Age /
Pantalone
"lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side, His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide, For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again towards childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound"
Schoolboy
"with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school"
Extreme
Old Age
"That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything"
Infancy
"Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms"
The author compares the world with a stage and every living person is described as an actor, who plays seven different plays on that stage. These seven roles begin at birth and end with death.
2 Structure
blank verse meaning it has rhythm but no rhyme
free verse using the narrative style
theme / message
The theme of the Seven Ages of Man is the cycle of life. This is clearly expressed by the infant who progresses to an invalid old man through the seven stages. He starts by picking up on something the Duke has said and reflects, 'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players'.
mood / tone
Tone: Everybody dies and some have mundane lifestyles. Subject: The subject is the lifetime of a man which is shown in seven stages: infant, child, lovestruck, soldier, mature man, elderly man, and death.
Poets background
William Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564.
William Shakespeare was an English writer
William attended the King's New School, in Stratford, which taught reading, writing and the classics.
Literary devices
Figurative language
Simile to compare the soldier to "the 'pard"
Image of the infant "mewling and puking in the nurse's arms";
Metaphor "And shining morning face, creeping like snail"
Metaphor to compare old age to "second childishness,"