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 act being seven ages.
pls someone explain the above to me.
2006-07-07 02:07:30 · 5 answers · asked by and we all have loved before 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Simple answer:
Life is like a play..."All the world's a stage." Everybody has a part, everybody is an actor "Men and women are merely players." People come and go, "They all have entrances and exits." Each person having many parts and seven ages, think of it generationally...what was your part when you were 10? 20? What will be your part when you are 50? or 70? Maybe son, student, husband, father, etc. etc.
2006-07-07 02:18:11 · answer #1 · answered by Brommm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the world's a stage/ and all the men and women/merely players
- The world is a playing field in which everyone plays a role. Everyone has a part in the stage that is life and everyone acts out their lives as they get older.
They have their exits and their entrances/
-This means that everyone enters life and exits it. We exit our life through death and enter it through birth.
and one man in his time/plays man parts/his act being seven ages.
-One man, throughout his life, has several different stages, whether it be birth, death, the role as the lover, or the teen. His stages being seven, the seven that follow this last line.
2006-07-07 10:03:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...
Firstly the passage is from As You Like It.
Life is being compared to a play... you have a brief time in the spot light, perform many different roles and finally die. The implication is that the world is merely a stage and we are simply actors populating it.
"They have their exits and entrances" - this refers to birth (entrance) and death (exits).
Does that help?
2006-07-07 09:18:09 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because we're all here to please the Gods. Shakespeare new that. Our lives are merely acts, and we each enter the story of someone else, and eventually we exit, and then we die. The end.
2006-07-07 09:27:31 · answer #4 · answered by Ed <3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
basically he's referring to the fact that everyone has a role to play in the world and that people serve different purposes at different times in their lives. being a child, a teenager, young adult, father or mother, grandfather or mother, and of course different careers, etc.
it is a very nice analogy for life.......
2006-07-07 09:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by the man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋