Power Point Presentation of The Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare.

“The Seven Ages of Man” is a famous monologue from William Shakespeare’s play As You Like It. In this poetic passage, the playwright compares life to a stage and describes seven distinct stages that every individual experiences.
Here’s a brief overview of each stage:

Infancy: The first stage is infancy, where a person is like a helpless, mewling infant. This stage represents birth and early childhood.
Schoolboy: Next comes the schoolboy stage. Here, the individual attends school, learns, and grows. It symbolizes the pursuit of knowledge and education.
Lover: The lover stage is characterized by romantic feelings and relationships. It’s a time of passion, courtship, and emotional intensity.
Soldier: As a soldier, one seeks glory and honor. This stage represents the pursuit of achievements, reputation, and courage.
Justice (Justice or Judge): In middle age, a person becomes more responsible and wise. They take on roles related to justice, governance, and decision-making.
Pantaloon (Old Age): The pantaloon stage represents old age. It’s a time of decline, weariness, and vulnerability. The individual becomes childlike again, losing physical strength and mental acuity.
Second Childhood: Finally, the last stage is a second childhood. It mirrors the helplessness of infancy but with the wisdom of experience.

In William Shakespeare’s play As You Like It, the melancholic character Jaques delivers a famous monologue known as “The Seven Ages of Man”. This poetic passage compares life to a play, where each person plays multiple roles throughout their existence. Let’s delve into the seven stages:

Infancy: At first, we are like helpless infants, mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Schoolboy: Next comes the schoolboy stage. We carry our satchels, with shining morning faces, reluctantly heading to school like snails.
Lover: As lovers, we sigh like furnaces, composing woeful ballads for our beloved’s eyebrows.
Soldier: The soldier stage arrives, full of strange oaths and bearded like a leopard. We seek honor, engage in quarrels, and chase reputation even in the face of danger.
Justice (Judge): In middle age, we become just and wise. Our bellies are round from good food, our eyes stern, and our beards neatly trimmed. We dispense wisdom and modern advice.
Pantaloon (Old Age): The sixth age is the lean and slippered pantaloon. We wear spectacles, our youthful hose no longer fit our shrunken shanks, and our voices shift from manly to childish treble.
Second Childhood: Finally, the last scene is second childhood—a return to helplessness. We lose teeth, eyes, taste, and everything else.

In this grand theater of life, we all play our parts, and the curtain eventually falls.

1. William
Shakespeare
The Seven Ages Of Man

2. Background of the
author
Unlocking of Unfamiliar
Words
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The Seven Ages Of Man
Literary Devices
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CONTENTS

3. William Shakespeare
was baptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford -
upon-Avon, Warwickshire , England.
He is famously known as Bard of Avon.
Shakespeare is widely regarded as the
greatest writer in English Language and the
world pre- eminent dramatist. He wrote 37
plays, 154 sonnets and two long narrative
poems .

4. William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was an important
member of a compound of stage actors
called Lord Chamberlain's Men. He
is also a dramatist, poet and actor. He
is often called Nat'l Poet and
considered to be the Greatest
Dramatist All The Time.

5. •sans- without / lacking
•pantaloon - a thin, foolish old man
•woeful- expressing mourning, sadness or loss
•mewling - whimpering / crying like a baby
•satchel - a school bag
•capon- a male chicken, very big and fat
•furnace- a very hot place
•pard- leopard (a symbol of fierceness in Shakespeare’s time)
•saws- sayings
•shank- leg
•oblivion- forgetting everything
Unlocking of Unfamiliar Words

6. The Seven Ages Of Man
In this poem the poet discusses a man’s life and the
various parts of it which according to him are ‘Seven
Ages’. He compares life to a play. Just like in a play all the
actors appear on the stage and perform their specified
roles, similarly, he says that man also comes into this
world upon his birth, performs his roles which are seven
different roles and after that leaves the world upon his
death.

7. The Seven Ages Of Man
-William Shakespeare-

8. All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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 toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound.

13. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion;
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans
everything.

14. FIRST STAGE : INFANCY
(lines 5-6): The first
stageInfancy of man’s life
is infantry. In the
monologue, readers can
find an image of a baby
crying softly and throwing
up in the caregiver’s lap.

15. SECOND STAGE: BOYHOOD
Boyhood (lines 7-9): The
image of a school-going boy
unwilling to go to school
describes this stage.

16. THIRD STAGE:
ADOLESCENCE/TEENAGE
A Lover (lines 9-11): In this
stage, Shakespeare
presents an image of a
dejected lover who
composes sad songs for his
beloved.

17. FOURTH STAGE: YOUTH
Soldier (lines 11-15): He
projects the stage of youth by
depicting the life of a soldier. As
a soldier, a person in his youths
is unafraid of dire challenges.

18. FIFTH STAGE: MIDDLE AGE
Justice (lines 15-19): The fifth
stage deals with middle age and
it is described by the picture of a
judge or one who practices law.
In this stage of life, one starts to
mature and becomes wiser than
before.

19. SIXTH STAGE: OLD AGE
Pantaloon (lines 19-25): Just
before the final stage, comes old
age, turning the manly voice of
youth into the childish trebles
and whistling. It makes the body
weak and the mind, dependent
upon others.

20. SEVENTH STAGE: DEATH
Old man at door of death (lines
25-28): In the finale of this seven-
act-play of life, the strange and
eventful history ends abruptly. It
leaves a man with nothing.

21. LITERARY DEVICES

22. LITERARY DEVICES
1.Simile- Comparing two things using like or as
2.Metaphor - Uses direct comparison of two unlike
things or ideas. Comparing two things with out
using like or as
3.Onomatopoeia - formation or use of words which
imitate sounds.
4.Repetition -is a literary device in which a word or
phrase is used multiple times.
5.Alliteration - a literary device where two or more
words in a phrase a line of poetry share the same
beginning consonant sounds.

23. • ‘creeping like a snail”; “soldier… bearded like the
pard”;
• "All the world's a stage , and all the men
and women merely players" .
• Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans
everything
• “his shrunk shank”; “quick in quarrel”
•“pipes / And whistles in his sound”

24. ACTIVITY. CITING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

25. ACTIVITY. CITING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

26. Quiz Time
1. The speaker in the poem dramatic monologue, The Seven Ages Of Man states
that people are only
A. Actors in a play
B. Human beings
C. Soldier
D. Foolish human beings
2. The speaker in the poem compares the ages with
A. A change of scenery
B. Stage direction
C. Actors lines
D. A play's act

27. Quiz Time
3. Which age comes after the soldier's age?
A. Infant
B. School boy
C. Lover
D. Justice
4. According to the peom , a person in last age is
A. Shrunken
B. Childlike
C. Brave
D. Wise

28. Quiz Time
5. The speaker in the poem holds the opinion
that
A. All people are foolish and make many
mistakes
B. Will see the seven Ages of man
C. Are like actors playing roles
D. Are quick to quarrel

30. THANK YOU
Ms. Emie Rose E. Ranuco