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 schoolboy, 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.
Jaques, in As You Like It, act 2, sc. 7, l. 139-66 (1623).
yes it is difficult to dismiss the verity of Shakespeare's words as given here to Jaques.
to take it a step further: we are each given our role, it having been more or less written for us. but just as no two actors will play the same role the same way, so too are we all unique.
2007-01-31 02:37:54
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answered by bigivima 3
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BUGGAR OFF!!! Shakespeare is the greatest poet ever, and when you can top him you can say anything you like about him (talking to jerk that dissed Shakespeare, not asker). Shakespeare is a literary genius. His words in as you like it are epic and , undoubtably, true. All humans and brought into he world to add their own dramatic preface to the planet, to imprint their lives into the script of the Earth. All humans have a role to play, a part to play. They all need to contribute something, thaey all do. However, at somepoint, they must make an exit. Some leave us Gracefully, some ina dramatic explosion of hysteria, and some just slip away, but thaty all the leave the rest of the population, or the 'actors' to continue what they started and contibute thair little part to the chaotic theatrical we call the world
2007-01-31 08:57:41
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answered by Anonymous
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nicely, basically placed, your definition of the pre-trip spot of existence does no longer be what's particularly real. What i've got self belief is that there is a distinctive direction of activities which will ensue in our lives, there are no exchange realities or timelines for us to fall into. each little thing that we placed into action will ensue. As chaos theory exhibits, each action we take, small or great has an effect on the alternative of our destiny. for this reason, being as there are not the different a risk classes of activities for our lives to persist with, those which would be, are desperate previous to time. i'm no longer excellent at explaining this. enable me placed it this way. Time is a conceived theory that we've created for ourselves. The previous does not exist anymore, the destiny doesnt exist yet. the only time that is particularly real is the precise contemporary. the only previous and destiny info we've are relics and predictions. (that is why i've got self belief that factor commute isn't a risk). So what's going to ensue actual will ensue, and for this reason can, via particular concepts be wisely expected via us or via some variety of deity, besides the fact which you have self belief. however the fact remains that our will and attempt for particular issues to ensue is what without postpone impacts the destiny. i'm hoping you recognize what i'm attempting to declare whether you do no longer trust it.
2016-11-01 23:15:10
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answered by Anonymous
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I feel Shakespeare is nothing more than a figurehead, he might have written immensely popular literary books, but personally I think his language is overblown. If you want to debate life then go read a lively work of philosophy, maybe some Plato?
2007-01-31 07:21:19
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answered by segenovmoltock 2
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Absolutely. We act out internal dramas about which we are scarcely aware, and so does everyone else. That idea and the Rossetti line ("the child is the father of the man") say everything about who we are and what we do.
2007-01-31 02:34:07
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answered by Buffy Summers 6
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Well yeah....we are born into this world, where we live our lives , our final role being our death, our exit.
Rather any of us believe or not...it is so. We are born, and then we die.
2007-01-31 02:34:33
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answered by rrrevils 6
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well... for me there is true.. because... as we know... not all we do in our life is our choice.. it may same with the order that the director give to us.. and we also will die and it show in the sentences 'then make our exit'
2007-02-06 13:16:05
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answered by puteri_impian_89 1
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well its very true. life is predestined for all of us. god has predestined everything. we are just actors acting right now n he is the director. we we have finished our roles, there we go.
2007-02-07 13:44:28
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answered by lonermr 1
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it is so true. we were put here on the earth for a reason and once we have done that, we leave
2007-02-05 09:35:07
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answered by froggiegirl1013 2
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Don't forget the 'strutting and freting.'
2007-01-31 04:51:15
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answered by Lorenzo Steed 7
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