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3. . 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.

4. • Shakespeare was a respected poet and
playwright in his own day, but his reputation did
not rise to its present heights until the 19th
century. The Romantics, in particular,
acclaimed Shakespeare's genius, and the
Victorians worshipped Shakespeare with a
reverence that George Bernard Shaw called
"bardolatry". In the 20th century, his work was
repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new
movements in scholarship and performance.
His plays remain highly popular today and are
constantly studied, performed and reinterpreted
in diverse cultural and political contexts
throughout the world.

5. 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,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow.
Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth.

6. And then the justice
In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd,
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
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.

7. The Seven Ages of Man’ is taken from William
Shakespeare’s famous play, ‘As You Like It’
(Act-II, Scene-VII), 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.

8. • 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.

9. • 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.

10. 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.

11. • 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.

12. • 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 of
‘capon’; a cockerel castrated to improve the
flesh for use as food. 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.

13. • he sixth stage is the middle-age. Here is where he
prepares himself for the next level in life i.e. old age.
He learns to relax from the hustles of life. His strength
begins to weaken and spends more time within the
roof of his house. He looks like a buffoon and an old
fool in his rugged old slippers. 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.

14. • 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.