Quarter 1 Lesson

1. A Journey
through
Anglo-American
Literature
ALVIN B. MANALANG
Discussant

2. Task 1
Three Minutes Letter Search Riddle
Read each statement closely and search for the missing letter as suggested by each
statement.
1. I am the first letter of right.
2. You’ll find me in boar but not in bear.
3. I’m in the middle of ceiling.
4. You’ll find me in ore but not in our.
5. I have the sound of sea.
Put the letters together to come up with the answer to this riddle.
What is it in life that I have to perform?
___ ___ ___ ___ ___
The first one to give the correct answer as the winner.

3. Task 2 All For the BEST
Form small groups of five, and take turns in answering these
questions.
1. What kind of role in life
a. interests you most?
b. helps put you into a happy mood?
c. You prefer/ enjoy doing? You like best?
2. What are your talents or things you can do well?
Give reasons for your choices.
Make a list of all of them in the table as shown.
Share and compare your lists with other groups.
Add items from others’ lists to yours.
Keep your list for future use.

4. ●Roles in life that…… ●Reasons
● Interest me
most
●I prefer or
enjoy doing
●I like best ● Puts me in a
happy mood
●Showcase
the talents/
things that I
can do well
● ● ● ● ● ●
● ● ● ● ● ●
● ● ● ● ● ●

5. THE SEVEN AGES

7. WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
THE WRITER OF THE POEM
“THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN”

8. FEW INFORMATION
ABOUT
WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
• William Shakespeare (baptized 26 April 1564; died
23 April 1616) was an English poet and
playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer
in the English language and the world's pre-
eminent dramatist. He is often called England's
national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His
surviving works, including some collaborations,
consist of about 38 plays,154 sonnets, two long
narrative poems, and several other poems. His
plays have been translated into every major living
language and are performed more often than
those of any other playwright.
•

9. Brief Introduction To The
Poem
• This poem is an extract from Shakespeare’s play,
‘As You Like It’. It is in the form of a speech by a
character named Jacques. In it, Jacques compares
the world to a stage. On this stage, each man
plays the drama of his life. His drama consists of
seven acts. These acts correspond to the seven
ages in a man’s life. They are : 1. the infant, 2. the
school boy, 3. the lover, 4. the soldier, 5. the
justice, 6. the elderly gentleman, and lastly 7. the
old man at the door of death. The poem analyses
the characteristics of each age.

10. THE SEVEN
AGES BY
WILLIAM
SHAESPEARE
• All the world's a stage,
And all the men and
women 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.
Then, the whining
schoolboy with his satchel
And shining morning face,
creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And
then the lover,
HAVING
A
LOOK
AT
THE
POEM

11. THE SEVEN
AGES BY
WILLIAM
SHAESPEARE
•
• Sighing like furnace, with a woefull ballad
• Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the 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 capon lined,
With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws, and modern instances,
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
HAVING
A
LOOK
AT
THE
POEM

12. THE SEVEN
AGES BY
WILLIAM
SHAESPEARE
•Into the lean and slipper'd
pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose, and
pouch on side, His youthful hose
well sav'd, a world too wide,
For his shrunk shank, and his big
manly voice,
Turning again towards 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.
HAVING
A
LOOK
AT
THE
POEM

13. The World Is A Stage
• The Seven Ages of Man’ is
taken from William
Shakespeare’s famous play,
‘As You Like It’ describes
the seven phases in a man’s
life-from childhood to old
age. The world is but a
global stage and all men
and women presented here
are mere puppets in the
hands of destiny. Just like
the infrastructures of a
stage, the world has its own
entrances and exits. Every
man in his full lifetime has
many parts to play. His
total number of acts in his
lifetime is the seven ages.

14. First Stage Of A Man’s Life
•The first and foremost
act of every human
being is the stage of
infancy, where he
makes his presence
felt by crying at the
top of his voice and
many a times
vomiting any food or
drink that is repulsive,
at the nursing arms of
his mother. This
period normally last
till four years of age.

15. Second Stage Of A Man’s
Life • The second stage is the
‘whining’ schoolboy where
he learns to utter a
plaintive, high-pitched,
protracted sound, as in
pain, fear, supplication, or
complaint. His shiny
morning face and his
satchel; a small bag,
sometimes with a shoulder
strap; he creeps like a snail
and not willing to go to
school.
•

16. Third Stage Of A Man’s
Life •The third stage is his
early youth, the
peak of love and
high romance. He
sighs like a burning
furnace and sings
the sad ballads of
romance; full of
woe; affected with,
characterized by, or
indicating woe:
woeful melodies; to
impress his lover’s
heart. The
impression of her
reply can be seen in
her eyebrows.

17. Forth Stage Of A Man’s Life
• The fourth stage is that
of a soldier where life
if full of obligations,
commitments,
compliances, oaths
and vows. His beard
is like a leopard or
panther. He endlessly
fights for his honor, a
full presence of mind
which is sudden and
quick in quarrel and a
heart to maintain a
dignified reputation.
•

18. Fifth Stage Of A Man’s Life
• The fifth stage is the adult-
hood where a man tries to
live a fair and justified life.
His belly becomes bigger
than normal. He is
conscious about his diet
and consumes a good
intake. His eyes are severe
with seriousness and his
beard is leveled to a formal
cut. He is to take a lot of
correct decisions to keep up
with the ever changing
times. So this stage is the
most powerful stage in life.

19. Sixth Stage Of A Man’s Life• In this stage of life he is a thin and weak
old man and his strength begins to
weaken and spends more time within
the roof of his house. He hangs his
spectacles on his nose for reading and
all his youthful hose; a flexible tube
for conveying a liquid, as water, to a
desired point; saved for the world too
wide. His shank begins to shrink with
time; the part of the lower limb in
humans between the knee and the
ankle; leg. Even his voice begins to
descend to a lower tone. In his free
time, he smokes his pipe and whistles
his matured melodies.
•

20. Seventh Stage Of A Man’s Life
• The last stage is the old-age
where he enters his
second childhood. It is also
the beginning of the end of
his eventful history. It is
also the stage of oblivion;
the state of being
completely forgotten or
unknown; the state of
forgetting or of being
oblivious; official disregard
or overlooking of offenses;
He is without everything;
without teeth, eyes and
taste.
•

21. the journey ends…………