All the world's stage/ And all the men and women merely players:/ They have their exits and their entrances; /And one man in his time plays parts ...
(As You like it, by W. Shakespeare, Act II, scene 7)
Shakespeare describes the ages of man very cynically. How much are Shakespeare's descriptions of people still true today? Would you describe persons and ages in a less cynical way?
2007-12-11 23:07:53 · 3 answers · asked by Ivory33 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
i agree a lot with shakespeare, and i agree that he wasn't being so cynical, just saying what is true. i think that when we are around different people, we play different parts. i am an actor, and am playing a different role with my mother than with my girlfriend, et cetera. We all play many parts, and different people bring out the different sides of our personalities and force us into different parts.
The most true part of that speech is when he talks about the stages of life and that when we are old we are almost exactly the same as the child we once were, needing help in so many things.
2007-12-11 23:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by jigga_22 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare surpassed even himself with this often-quoted part of that play.
It is truth, and not a cynical truth... a pure truth.
Plus it is expressed very much "as (I) like it."
Shakespeare was a great writer, and I wouldn't take it on myself to 'describe persons and ages in a less cynical way.'
The man tied that thought up and put a bow on it.
2007-12-12 01:17:39 · answer #2 · answered by LK 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not think Shakespeare was cynical he think his way of putting these things was very good and is true today ~~
2007-12-11 23:17:01 · answer #3 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋