ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
what does all world of stages means
A
what are the story of our life
B
in my daily school life
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -People have roles to play in life just as actors do in the theatre.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main theme of this poem is that man is the ultimate loser in the game of life. According to Shakespeare, the world is a stage and everyone is a player. He says that every man has seven stages during his lifetime. He performs different seven roles in his lifetime and finally exits from this worldly stage.

Detailed explanation-3: -This monologue compares the world with a stage in a theatre. Men and women are the actors or players on this stage. Actors playing roles have entrances and exits during a performance. Life also has its entrances and exits-people are born and die and pass in and out of our lives.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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