SEVEN AGES
By William Shakespeare
Presented by
Mr. J.B. Singh
TGT English
1
Who was William Shakespeare?
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon,
Warwickshire, in 1564.

Very little is known
about his life, but by
1592 he was in
London working as an
actor and a dramatist.
Between about 1590
and 1613,
Shakespeare wrote at
least 37 plays and
collaborated on
several more.
2
Who was William Shakespeare?

Many of these plays
were very successful
both at court and in the
public playhouses. In
1613, Shakespeare
retired from the theatre
and returned to
Stratford-upon-Avon.
He died and was
buried there in 1616.
3

The most famous among his 10
tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, and King
Lear.

Shakespeare’s best-known poems are
The Sonnets, first published in 1609
4
Shakespeare wrote plays and
poems

His plays were comedies, histories and
tragedies.

His 17 comedies include A Midsummer
Night’s Dream and The Merry Wives of
Windsor.

Among his 10 history plays are Henry V &
Richard III.
5
“The Seven Ages”

All the world’s a stage. And all the men
and women merely players:
6
“The Seven Ages”

They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
7

His acts being seven ages
8
UPTO 1 YEAR
At first the
INFANT,
mewling
and puking
in the
nurse’s arm.
9
TWO TO EIGHTEEN YEARS
Then the
whining
SCHOOLBOY,
with satchel.
And shining
morning face,
creeping like
snail. Unwilling
to school.
10
NINETEEN TO TWENTY FOUR
And then the
LOVER, sighing
like furnace, with
woeful ballad.
Made to his
Mistress eyebrow
11
TWENTY FIVE TO THIRTY FIVE
Then a SOLDIER,
Full of strange oaths,
and bearded like the
pard, jealous in
honour, sudden and
quick quarrel, seeking
the bubble reputation.
Even in the cannon’s
mouth.
12
THIRTY SIX TO SIXTY
And then the
JUSTICE, In fair
round belly with
good capon lined,
with eyes severe
and beard of
formal cuts, full of
wise saws and
modern instances;
And so he plays
his part.
13
SIXTY ONE TO SEVENTY
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 towards
childish treble, pipes
and whistles in his
14
sound.
SEVENTY ONE AND ABOVE
Last scene of all,
That ends this
strange eventful
history, His
SECOND
CHILDISHNESS
the mere oblivion,
sans teeth, sans
eye, sans taste,
sans everything.
15
Evaluation

Poem: The Seven Ages- William
Shakespeare class IX : Say True or False

Life is compared to a play.----------------

Babies vomit on their nurses arms.--------------

School boys complain.---------------

Lovers create poems for their mistresses.----16
Evaluation

Soldiers are temperamental.------------------

Those at the age of justice are fat.---------------

In the sixth stage men have big manly
voices.----------

In the last stage we begin to resemble babies
in some way.-------17
Some questions for revision:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Hello Murali! Can you tell which is the first
stage? Koi help karo na!!
Azhar can you tell the second stage?
Which is the third stage Jasmine?
Fourth one Bindu?
Fifth Susan?
Now who will tell the sixth stage? Yes Mythily.
The last one please. Nanda or Amal?
Good friends! That was great!!
18
Test Yourself
As agile as _________.
 As cool as _________.
 As hard as ________.
 As soft as __________.
 As clear as __________.

19
Identify the figure of speech used
in the lines given below.
1.Life is a dream.
2.Curses are like chickens: They come home to
roost.
3.The woods decay, the woods decay and fall.
4.And o’er and o’er the sand and round and
round the sand.
5.And o’er the cobbles he clattered and the
highwayman came riding riding and riding.
20
IX-D, YOU ARE GREAT AND LOVELY CHILDREN
21