The entire world can be compared to a stage, where every man and woman is an actor.
Everyone has their “entrances” and “exits” (140) (birth and death). Similar to an actor, man will
“[play] many parts” (141), and can be separated into seven life stages or acts. In man’s first act is as an infant, crying and burping in his nurse’s arms. The infant grows into a “whining schoolboy” (144) carrying his backpack, with a bright young face as he slugs off to school reluctantly. Soon he becomes a lover, lusting after his mistress by writing sad poems on her eyebrows (her beauty). In the fourth act, he becomes a soldier, a man who has matured to have a beard that resembles a leopard’s. On the battlefield he will do anything to defend his honor and is …show more content…
He will face “cannon’s mouth” (152) to defend his honor and seeking a strong reputation. The man becomes a judge with “round belly” (153), a stern look in his eyes, and a more formal beard than his younger days. He is full of knowledge and current events from all his years and experiences. The sixth stage of life, the man becomes a skinny old man whose clothes hang loosely on his withered body. Glasses on his nose and a moneybag by his side, the man’s loud voice is now diminishing back to its’ former “childish treble” (161). The final act of this play, becomes a “second childishness” (164) the toll of life has been taken on this man. He is without teeth, without eyes, without taste, without anything, as he makes his “[exit]” (140) from this stage.
ANALYSIS: In As You Like It, Shakespeare uses his character Jacques to provide a speech that is not only directed towards the audience but also to all of Shakespeare’s actors and entertainers who performed his plays. Jacques’s makes the argument that everyone in the world is just
Everyone has their “entrances” and “exits” (140) (birth and death). Similar to an actor, man will
“[play] many parts” (141), and can be separated into seven life stages or acts. In man’s first act is as an infant, crying and burping in his nurse’s arms. The infant grows into a “whining schoolboy” (144) carrying his backpack, with a bright young face as he slugs off to school reluctantly. Soon he becomes a lover, lusting after his mistress by writing sad poems on her eyebrows (her beauty). In the fourth act, he becomes a soldier, a man who has matured to have a beard that resembles a leopard’s. On the battlefield he will do anything to defend his honor and is …show more content…
He will face “cannon’s mouth” (152) to defend his honor and seeking a strong reputation. The man becomes a judge with “round belly” (153), a stern look in his eyes, and a more formal beard than his younger days. He is full of knowledge and current events from all his years and experiences. The sixth stage of life, the man becomes a skinny old man whose clothes hang loosely on his withered body. Glasses on his nose and a moneybag by his side, the man’s loud voice is now diminishing back to its’ former “childish treble” (161). The final act of this play, becomes a “second childishness” (164) the toll of life has been taken on this man. He is without teeth, without eyes, without taste, without anything, as he makes his “[exit]” (140) from this stage.
ANALYSIS: In As You Like It, Shakespeare uses his character Jacques to provide a speech that is not only directed towards the audience but also to all of Shakespeare’s actors and entertainers who performed his plays. Jacques’s makes the argument that everyone in the world is just