Includes 7 stages of man

1. A Journey through
Anglo-American
Literature
ALVIN B. MANALANG
Discussant

2. Task 1
Three Minutes Letter Search Riddle
Read each statement closely and search for the missing letter as suggested by each
statement.
1. I am the first letter of right.
2. You’ll find me in boar but not in bear.
3. I’m in the middle of ceiling.
4. You’ll find me in ore but not in our.
5. I have the sound of sea.
Put the letters together to come up with the answer to this riddle.
What is it in life that I have to perform?
___ ___ ___ ___ ___
The first one to give the correct answer as the winner.

3. Task 2 All For the BEST
Form small groups of five, and take turns in answering these
questions.
1. What kind of role in life
a. interests you most?
b. helps put you into a happy mood?
c. You prefer/ enjoy doing? You like best?
2. What are your talents or things you can do well?
Give reasons for your choices.
Make a list of all of them in the table as shown.
Share and compare your lists with other groups.
Add items from others’ lists to yours.
Keep your list for future use.

4. ●Roles in life that…… ●Reasons
● Interest me
most
●I prefer or
enjoy doing
●I like best ● Puts me in
a happy
mood
●Showcase
the talents/
things that I
can do well
● ● ● ● ● ●
● ● ● ● ● ●
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11. THE SEVEN AGES

13. WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
THE
WRITER
OF THE
POEM
“THE
SEVEN
AGES”

14. FEW INFORMATION ABOUT
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
• William Shakespeare (baptized 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616)was
an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest
writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent
dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard
of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist
of about 38 plays,154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and
several other poems. His plays have been translated into every
major living language and are performed more often than those of
any other playwright.
•

15. Brief Introduction To The Poem
• This poem is an extract from Shakespeare’s play, ‘As You Like It’. It is
in the form of a speech by a character named Jacques. In it, Jacques
compares the world to a stage. On this stage, each man plays the
drama of his life. His drama consists of seven acts. These acts
correspond to the seven ages in a man’s life. They are : 1. the infant,
2. the school boy, 3. the lover, 4. the soldier, 5. the justice, 6. the
elderly gentleman, and lastly 7. the old man at the door of death.
The poem analyses the characteristics of each age.

16. THE SEVEN
AGES BY
WILLIAM
SHAESPEAREHAVING
A
LOOK
AT
THE
POEM
• All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exits and 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,

17. THE SEVEN
AGES BY
WILLIAM
SHAESPEAREHAVING
A
LOOK
AT
THE
POEM
• Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the
pard,
Jealous in honor, 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

18. THE SEVEN
AGES BY
WILLIAM
SHAESPEARE
HAVING
A
LOOK
AT
THE
POEM
• Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose, and pouch on
side, His youthful hose well sav'd, a
world too wide,
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly
voice,
Turning again towards 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.

19. The World Is A Stage
• The Seven Ages of Man’ is taken
from William Shakespeare’s
famous play, ‘As You Like It’
describes the seven phases in a
man’s life-from childhood to old
age. The world is but a global
stage and all men and women
presented here are mere puppets
in the hands of destiny. Just like
the infrastructures of a stage, the
world has its own entrances and
exits. Every man in his full
lifetime has many parts to play.
His total number of acts in his
lifetime is the seven ages.

20. First Stage Of A Man’s Life
• The first and foremost act of
every human being is the stage
of infancy, where he makes his
presence felt by crying at the
top of his voice and many a
times vomiting any food or
drink that is repulsive, at the
nursing arms of his mother.
This period normally last till
four years of age.

21. Second Stage Of A Man’s Life
• The second stage is the ‘whining’ schoolboy
where he learns to utter a plaintive, high-
pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear,
supplication, or complaint. His shiny
morning face and his satchel; a small bag,
sometimes with a shoulder strap; he creeps
like a snail and not willing to go to school.
•

22. Third Stage Of A Man’s Life
• The third stage is his early youth,
the peak of love and high
romance. He sighs like a
burning furnace and sings the
sad ballads of romance; full of
woe; affected with,
characterized by, or indicating
woe: woeful melodies; to
impress his lover’s heart. The
impression of her reply can be
seen in her eyebrows.

23. Forth Stage Of A Man’s Life
• The fourth stage is that of a
soldier where life if full of
obligations, commitments,
compliances, oaths and vows.
His beard is like a leopard or
panther. He endlessly fights for
his honor, a full presence of
mind which is sudden and
quick in quarrel and a heart to
maintain a dignified
reputation.
•

24. Fifth Stage Of A Man’s Life
• The fifth stage is the adult-hood
where a man tries to live a fair
and justified life. His belly
becomes bigger than normal. He
is conscious about his diet and
consumes a good intake. His eyes
are severe with seriousness and
his beard is leveled to a formal
cut. He is to take a lot of correct
decisions to keep up with the
ever changing times. So this stage
is the most powerful stage in life.

25. Sixth Stage Of A Man’s Life
• In this stage of life he is a thin and weak
old man and his strength begins to
weaken and spends more time within
the roof of his house. He hangs his
spectacles on his nose for reading and
all his youthful hose; a flexible tube for
conveying a liquid, as water, to a
desired point; saved for the world too
wide. His shank begins to shrink with
time; the part of the lower limb in
humans between the knee and the
ankle; leg. Even his voice begins to
descend to a lower tone. In his free
time, he smokes his pipe and whistles
his matured melodies.
•

26. Seventh Stage Of A Man’s Life
• The last stage is the old-age where
he enters his second childhood. It
is also the beginning of the end of
his eventful history. It is also the
stage of oblivion; the state of
being completely forgotten or
unknown; the state of forgetting
or of being oblivious; official
disregard or overlooking of
offenses; He is without
everything; without teeth, eyes
and taste.
•

27. the journey ends…………