All the World’s a Stage (from As You Like It) Know the words depicting different age groups. Age group Word - denarian - vicenarian - tricenarian - quadragenarian - quinquagenarian Age group Word - sexagenarian - septuagenarian - octogenarian - nonagenarian and above centenarian Egg Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly First Stage Larva Stage Pupa Stage Adult Age This is the life cycle of a butterfly. 12th - - All the World’s a Stage Page “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; 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 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 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.” First, listen to a reading of the complete poem. Then, read silently and get to know what Shakespeare says about the different stages in the life of man. You may refer to the glossary given at the end of the monologue to help you. 12th - -