ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Jaques makes old age seem
A
carefree
B
funny
C
dignified
D
sad
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Go thou with me, and let me counsel thee. thee. I am so; I do love it better than laughing.

Detailed explanation-2: -He is the prince of philosophical idlers; his only passion is thought; he sets no value upon anything, but as it serves as food for reflection. He can “suck melancholy out of a song, as a weasel sucks eggs"; the motley fool, “who morals on the time", is the greatest prize he meets with in the forest.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Jaques, the seven stages of human life are those of the infant, the school-boy, the lover, the soldier, the justice, the late middle-aged man, and the old man. He describes all the stages vividly and points out the outward and inward qualities of all the stages.

Detailed explanation-4: -3.3: Jaques has somehow ended up with Audrey and Touchstone as the fool contrives to get married.

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