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Question
Read the poem carefully and complete the following table.
| Ages of man | Role | Qualities/Actions |
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Solution
| Ages of man | Role | Qualities/Actions |
| 1 | infant | 1. frightened |
| 2. crying, puking | ||
| 2 | schoolboy | 1. unhappy |
| 2. whining, creeping unwillingly to school | ||
| 3 | lover | 1. woeful |
| 2. sighing, singing sad ballads | ||
| 4 | soldier | 1. jealous in honour, ambitious |
| 2. quarreling, facing danger | ||
| 5 | adult man | 1. fat, serious and wise |
| 2. giving advice | ||
| 6 | middle-aged man | 1. thin and shrunken |
| 2. talking in a shrill-voice | ||
| 7 | very old man | 1. senile, child-like |
| 2. oblivious to his surroundings |
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| No | Age-group | Stages | |
| 1 | Birth to 2 years | a | teenage/adolescence |
| 2 | 3 years to 12 years | b | old age/second childhood |
| 3 | 13 years to 17 years | c | middle - age |
| 4 |
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| 5 |
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| 6 |
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| 7 |
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| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Stage | 1. Birth |
| (b) Characters | 2. Situations/Incidents |
| (c) Script | 3. Story of Life |
| (d) Dialogues | 4. Death |
| (e) Entry | 5. Conversation |
| (f) Exit | 6. Roles played by human beings |
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- 2nd stage and the 4th
- 3rd stage and 5th stage
- 1st stage and 7th (last) stage
Think and write on your own.
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Think and write on your own.
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Read the summary of the play ‘As You Like It’ by William Shakespeare using the Internet. Find out which character has narrated the above poem and on what occasion. Also, make a list of all the characters of the play.
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