ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In the fourth stage of life the man plays the role of the soldier. He has a beard, swears oaths and is ambitious to seek out honour. He is so keen to improve his reputation he is willing to risk dangers such as cannons in war. In the fifth stage of life man plays the role of a justice or judge.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Seven Ages of Man is a series of paintings by Robert Smirke, derived from the famous monologue beginning all the world’s a stage from William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, spoken by the melancholy Jaques in Act II Scene VII. The stages referred are: infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, pantaloon and old age.

Detailed explanation-3: -seven periods into which a human life can be divided, i.e. those of the baby, the child, the lover, the soldier, the middle-aged person, the old person, and second childhood.

Detailed explanation-4: -1) Foetus: The sperm from the adult male human and the egg from the adult female human form a zygote inside the uterus of the female. 2) Infancy: 3) Toddler years: 4) Childhood: 5) Adolescence: 6) Adulthood: 7) Middle age: 8) Old age: