ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“The Seven Ages of Man” describe
A
stories that start in the middle and then go back in time
B
acts in a play, ending with a conclusion
C
a popular, old English team sport related to soccer
D
human life from infancy to old age
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Stage 1, Infancy: A helpless baby, just crying and throwing up. “At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare presents a philosophical reflection of life in “All the world’s a stage.” He exhibits each stage undergone by a man, during his course of a life time. The seven stages of encompass infancy, childhood, boyhood, adulthood, middle age, old age, second childhood.

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: -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:

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