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1. All the world’s a
stage
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2. Introduction of the poet
• renowned English poet, playwright, and actor
• born in 1564, died on 1616
• 38 plays ,154 sonnets, 2 long poems.
• His mother taught him in childhood.
• He married Mary ( childhood friend) , France

3. Early life and
theatrical career
His mother taught him to read and write.
Sometime between 1585 and 1592
he Begin a successful career in London
as an actor writer and part honour
of the company Lord chamberlain’s men
later known as the king men.

4. Plays, sonnets and poetry.
Shakespeare's
famous plays,
sonnets and poetry.
First play-today’s
traditional style.
Shakespeare was
mostly used blank
verses.
Sonnets mostly
written in iambic
pentameter.
All the world’s a
stage as satire.
This poem is
monologue in
blank-verse.

5. Idea of the
poem
1. Shakespeare describe seven stages of
human-life.
2. He describe short lifespan of humans.
3. Man and woman are just actors.
4. They perform 7 different life roles.
5. Stages lies from infancy to 2ND
childhood.
6. Then the man leaves the stage.

6. Theme of the title
• He says world is a stage
• for all the human beings
• in which they play their roles.
• 2 sonnet and contains 14 lines.
• monologue taken from “As you like
it”.
• Idea behind phrase is fortune , fate.

7. Seven stages
Shakespeare compares world to a stage.
Men and women are just actors.
They‘re performing different roles.
These activities are controlled by God.
Everyone has to play 7 roles.
They’ve different routes for entrance and existences.

9. Stage 1. Infancy
He explains life
in realistic
manner.
Man is very
weak and
helpless.
No control over
power and
activities.
Cries feebly in
the Nurse’s arm.
Poet laughs at
the helpless
man.

10. Stage 2. School
going boy
• Unwilling to go to school.
• Complaints all the time and reluctant.
• Takes his school bag and sling it.
• His face is washed and cleaned.
• looks fresh, healthy in the morning.
• Walks to school like a snail.

11. Stage 3. Lover
He becomes young and strong.
The period of his emotions starts.
He begins to love with a young girl.
He‘s infatuated by a beautiful face.
The dejected love sighs like a furnace.
He satisfies his emotional nature.

12. Stage 4: Soldier
He become mature and practical man.
He takes strange type of oaths.
He has bearded like a leopard.
He became quick-tempered and own quarrels.
He looks for temporary reputations, fame.
He does not bother for dangers

13. Stage 5: Wise Justice
1. Now he became middle aged man.
2. He became mature like a judge.
3. He has a fair round belly.
4. He is firm, serious and grim.
5. His conversations is full of proverbs.
6. He has beard of formal cut.

14. Stage 6: Old man
Man shifts from middle to old-age.
Now, he wears slippers with pantaloon.
He became thin, weak and lean.
Now he wears spectacles on nose.
His manly voice turned in shrill-voice.
Some of his teeth’s have fallen.

15. Stage 7: Second childhood
1. Life with strange events come to
end.
2. The man become child once again.
3. He is childish as-well as childlike.
4. Now he forgets almost everything.
5. His memory also become very
weak.
6. He lose teeth, eye-sight and taste.

16. Literacy devices &
Themes
1. Here Shakespeare use many literacy devices.
2. “Creeping like snail”, “Bearded like pard.”
3. Inversion: His acts being seven ages
4. Poem itself is example of metaphor.
5. Repetition: worlds like sans, world, age.
6. Themes: Time, get-older, Memory, Life
purpose.

17. Any question?

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