ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -It is one of the most famous lines in literature: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” Shakespeare’s words from As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII, are spoken by his character, Jacques, a morose and melancholy man.

Detailed explanation-2: -The poem “Seven Ages of Man” is a part of the comedy “As you like it” written by William Shakespeare. It is a speech of a philosopher Jacques talking to Duke Senior. This poem is one of the most famous works of Shakespeare due to its first phrase “All the world’s a stage”.

Detailed explanation-3: -… projected seven-volume autobiographical novel entitled Seven Ages of Man, completing four volumes: Seven Summers (1951), Morning Face (1968), Confession of a Lover (1976), and The Bubble (1984).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Seven Ages of Man 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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Baby or infant. School boy or child. Lover. Soldier. Justice or judge. Old man. Extreme old age, again like a child.