The document discusses the seven ages of man as described in a poem, with each age having different roles. Younger people tend to be more active while older people are more mature. It recognizes the universal human experience of having different roles in life's stages. Performing one's role is important and brings benefits like helping others, while not doing so can make one seem useless or lazy. The most effective way to perform one's role is to take risks, understand life's situations, and make the most of opportunities.

2. For Group7 Questions:
12. How are the 7 ages of man described by the
persona? The seven ages if man was described by
stating the different stages of life and describing
the roles and common characteristics of each stage.
13. How do the roles of man differ based on the
persona’s description? The roles differ based on
their appearance and their ability to do such things.
Example: the younger ones tend to be more active
than the older ones and can easily perform their
roles. But the older ones are matured enough to
handle things in their own.

3. 14. Do you think the persona has a great
understanding of the universal experience of man
performing a role in each stage? Explain. Yes. Because
the explanation of the roles in each stage is clearly
stated and people can relate their lives to the
persona.
15. Which lines describe the roles in life that man
performs?
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like a pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation

4. 16. Under what circumstances may it be better to be
young rather than be old or vice versa in performing roles
in life?
-There’s no such thing that would be better in experiencing both
roles. If you are younger, you give more effort in performing
your roles because you still have an active and energetic body.
But, if you are older, you know how to distinguish right between
wrong and can handle things in a matured way.
17.How does the poem make you feel about the
importance of recognizing and performing a role in life
effectively?
-I would feel responsible in a way, since there are certain
roles that would really need maturity. And since we only
live once, we should think ahead of what we do with a hint
of responsibility and maturity in our lives but also with a
bit of the “fun” side too.

5. 18. Why is it acceptable/better to recognize and
perform your role in life?
-It is better to recognize and perform our roles in
life because in so many ways, we can help other
people and ourselves to make things right and can
possibly make our future better.
19. How does the poem make you think of the
importance of recognizing and performing a role
in life effectively?
-The poem makes us realize that every stage of life
counts and whenever you just take things for
granted, karma will follow. If we know the
importance of our stages in life, we will know how
to handle it in a good way and can encourage other
people to perform their roles, too.

6. 20. What are the advantages and disadvantages of not
recognizing and performing your roles in life?
Advantages: There is nothing to worry about since
we don't have to spend time and effort to help
other people . Disadvantages: If we don't perform
our roles, people would consider us useless and
lazy. We would not be able to learn new things and
experiences.
21. What would be the most effective way of
performing your role in life?
-The effective way of performing our role in life is
taking risks to achieve our goals, understanding every
situation we’ve encountered and soon to encounter,
and living our lives to the fullest and grab every
chances we have because we only live once.

7. 12/13/2014
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