The Seven Ages of Man An excerpt from As You Like It by William Shakespeare

1. JENKIN KAY ALIMAJEN
AS BERNARDO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

2. Look closely at the drawing.

3.  What do you think the drawing wants/intends you to believe?
 Does it suggest/answer the question: What roles can I perform
that will make a difference in my life?
 How closely do you think/believe the drawing matches your
mental image of recognizing and performing roles in life?
 What details of the drawing tell you about recognizing and
performing roles in life?
 How well do you think/believe the drawing fits the value of
recognizing and performing roles in life?
 How does the picture make you feel about recognizing and
performing roles in life?

4. The Seven Ages of Man
(FROM “AS YOU LIKE IT” BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

5. All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women are merely players;
They have their exits and entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms;
And then the whining school boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier
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6. Full of strange oaths, and bearded like a pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good caper lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of white saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixths age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloons,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose well saved, a world too wide
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7. For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste sans everything.
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8. WHEN READING…
 Try to make the meaning of the words come
alive through using good expressions.
 Remember to produce the correct sounds
SEVEN, PLAYERS, MEWLING, INFANT,
PANTALOONS, AGES, SPECTACLES,
OBLIVION

9. I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree
[end rhyme]
The crows in boughs throws endless
brawls
[internal rhymes]

10. Read the poem and spot the words that rhyme.
Rhyming Words in The Seven Ages of Man
End Rhyme Internal Rhyme