All the World’s a Stage

The world is compared to

The world is compared to a stage, and men and women are compared to players or actors. This comparison continues throughout the poem and gives the poe

Every person enters the stage

Every person enters the stage of life at birth and exits at death. These words show that life is temporary.

Life is divided into seven stages

Life is divided into seven stages: the infant, the schoolboy, the lover, the soldier, the justice, the pantaloon, and the last scene or second childis

The first age is the infant

The first age is the infant, who is helpless and depends on others. The words mewling and puking suggest crying and vomiting in the nurse’s arms.

The second age is the whining

The second age is the whining schoolboy, who goes to school unwillingly with a satchel. The third age is the lover, who is emotional and sighs like a