LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Much Ado About Nothing
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A Pericles Prince of Tyre
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most famous speech in As You Like It is the Seven Ages of Man, which begins ‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players’ (Act 2, Scene 7). Michael Horden playing Jaques, the character in As You Like It who delivers the ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech.
Detailed explanation-2: -People have roles to play in life just as actors do in the theatre.
Detailed explanation-3: -While William Shakespeare’s reputation is based primarily on his plays, he became famous first as a poet.
Detailed explanation-4: -"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.” This Shakespeare quote summarises how individuals go about their daily lives, interacting with one another.
Detailed explanation-5: -(ii) The poet calls men and women merely players because they do not choose their roles themselves. They are merely puppets in the hands of God. Their roles are allotted to them and they can not oppose their roles.