All the World's Stage- Appreciations

 

 2. From the understanding of the poem, answer the following questions briefly in a sentence or two. 

a) What is the world compared to? 

The world is compared to a stage.

 b) “And they have their exits and their entrances” - What do the words ‘exits’ and ‘entrances’ mean? ‘Exits’ means death and ‘entrances’ means birth. 

c) What is the first stage of a human’s life? 

 Infant is the first stage of human life. 

d) Describe the second stage of life as depicted by Shakespeare. 

 In the second stage, he emerges as a school child. 

 e) How does a man play a lover’s role? 

 As a lover, he is busy composing sad songs

 f) Bring out the features of the fourth stage of a man as described by the poet. 

Soldier is the fourth stage. Here man seeks short-lived fame. He endangers his life for it. 

 g) When does a man become a judge? How? 

 In the fifth stage, a man becomes a judge.He  quotes many proverbs and modern instances.

 h) Which stage of man’s life is associated with the “shrunk shank”? 

 In the sixth stage

 i) Why is the last stage called second childhood? 

The last stage he is like a child without teeth, sight and taste. 

Appreciation Questions 

“Then the whining school by with his satchel 

And shining morning face creeping like snail 

 Unwilling to go to school”

i. Which stage of life is being referred to here by the poet? 

The second stage (the school boy) 

ii. What are the characteristics of the stage? 

 In this stage, the boy goes to school with his bag unwillingly . 

 iii. How does the boy go to school? 

The boy goes to school with his bag unwillingly. He moves towards the school as slowly as a snail. 

iv. Which figure of speech has been employed in the second line? 

 Simile  

................... “Then a soldier 

Full of strange oaths, and bearded

 like a pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel 

Seeking the bubble reputation 

Even in the cannon’s mouth”..

i. What is the soldier ready to do? 

 The soldier is ready to quarrel. Here ‘quarrel’ means argument. 

 ii. Explain ‘bubble reputation’. 

It refers to glory that is short lived like a bubble.  

iii. What are the distinguishing features of this stage?

In this stage, the youthful soldier attaches great value to honour. He is quick to temper and challenges people for fight for the sake of honour. He often swears to assert his valour.

(c) “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;’’’’

(i) Whom does justice refer to?
  fifth stage.

(ii) Describe his appearance.
He has a pot belly and is fond of eating delicacies.

(iii) How does he behave with the people around him?

His eyes are severe. He often gives advice to people.

 

 

ERC Question 

(a) “They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts” 

Reference: These lines are from the poem ‘All the world’s a stage’ written by William Shakespeare. 

Context and Explanation: The poet says this while hinting at the beginning and the end of life. The poet divides man’s life into seven stages. The first stage symbolizes birth and the last stage of death. So, he uses the words “entrances and exits”. 

 Question (b) ‘‘Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation”. 

 Reference: These lines are from the poem ‘All the world’s a stage’ written by William Shakespeare.

 Context and Explanation: The poet says these words while describing the fourth stage when the young man becomes a soldier and runs after short-lived glory. He has an inflated sense of honour and ready to insist on duels to settle matters touching his honour. He does not realize that the reputation he seeks is short-lived like a bubble. 

 (c) “Is second childishness and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.” 

Reference: These lines are from the poem ‘All the world’s a stage’ written by William Shakespeare. 

Context and Explanation: The poet says this while man gets ready to leave this world (i.e.) the last stage of his life on this lonely planet. In this stage, man becomes totally forgetful. He loses his teeth, eyesight and taste. He loses all his senses of perception. Like a baby, he can’t do anything on his own.