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प्रश्न
Think and write on your own.
Which two stages of man, described by Shakespeare, sound humorous? Say why.
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उत्तर
The second and third stages are humorous. One can just imagine the schoolboy, complaining and whining, creeping to school slowly with a well-scrubbed, shining face. The third stage, where the lover sighs loudly and sings sad poems and songs. It is also humorous.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
- Talk to your friend about all the things related to ‘Seven.’
For example: Seven wonders of the world. - Pair up with your partner and name those given below all of the under:
- The seven wonders of the world .............................................
- The seven continents .............................................
- The seven colours of the rainbow .............................................
- The seven notes of the music .............................................
- The seven seas of the world .............................................
Read the words in given table. Match them with what they signify.
| Stage | Birth |
| Characters | Situations/Incidents |
| Script | Story of Life |
| Dialogues | Death |
| Entry | Conversation |
| Exit | Roles played by human |
| beings | |
| Life |
Read the poem carefully and complete the following table.
| Ages of man | Role | Qualities/Actions |
| 1 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 2 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 3 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 4 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 5 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 6 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 7 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
Write down in your own words the difference between the following stages of a man’s life.
2nd stage and the 4th
Pick out lines that contain Imagery (a picture created in the mind by using word) of the following people.
School boy (2nd stage)
Think and write on your own.
What is the theme/central idea of this poem?
Think and write on your own.
The last (7th) stage of life sounds very sad and miserable. How can you make old age also cheerful and happy?
Read the poem again and write an appreciation of the poem in a paragraph format.
You will notice that there is no Rhyme-scheme in the poem. It appears similar to the poem 1.1 ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ by Tagore.
However Tagore’s poem has no steady rhythm/meter either it is called Free Verse. Shakespeare uses lines with a steady rhythm of 5 beats in each. It is termed as Blank Verse. (No rhyme-scheme but uniformity in rhythm)
Copy the lines from “Ánd all the men and women merely players” to “sudden and quick in quarrel”. Put a stress mark on each of the syllables stressed in the lines as for example, And all the men and women merely players;
(A1) Identify the stages in man’s life from the given description and complete the table: (2)
| Actions | Stage | |
| i. | Full of strange oaths | _________ |
| ii. | Creeping like a snail | _________ |
| iii. | Sighing like furnace | _________ |
| iv. | Having fair round belly | _________ |
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All the World’s a Stage
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. 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,
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. 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
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
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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(A2) Write down the similarities between the first and the 7th (last) stage of man’s life: (2)
(A3) Choose the correct alternative to identify the figure of speech used in the following line: (1)
All the world’s a stage...
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification
- Alliteration
