1. SEVEN AGES By William Shakespeare Presented by Mr. J.B. Singh TGT English 1

2. Who was William Shakespeare? 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 Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1564.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. “The Seven Ages” All the world’s a stage. And all the men and women merely players: 6

7. “The Seven Ages” They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, 7

8. His acts being seven ages 8

9. UPTO 1 YEAR At first the INFANT, mewling and puking in the nurse’s arm. 9

10. 10 Then the whining SCHOOLBOY, with satchel. And shining morning face, creeping like snail. Unwilling to school. TWO TO EIGHTEEN YEARS

11. And then the LOVER, sighing like furnace, with woeful ballad. Made to his Mistress eyebrow 11 NINETEEN TO TWENTY FOUR

12. 12 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. TWENTY FIVE TO THIRTY FIVE

13. 13 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. THIRTY SIX TO SIXTY

14. 14 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 sound. SIXTY ONE TO SEVENTY

15. 15 Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, His SECOND CHILDISHNESS the mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eye, sans taste, sans everything. SEVENTY ONE AND ABOVE

16. 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

17. 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 Evaluation

18. 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

19. Test Yourself As agile as _________. As cool as _________. As hard as ________. As soft as __________. As clear as __________. 19

20. 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

21. 21 IX-D, YOU ARE GREAT AND LOVELY CHILDREN