1. Identify any THREE poetic devices with reference in the poem “All the world's a stage”?’ /3
2. What does Shakespeare mean by the term ‘exits and entrances?’ (25-30 words) /2
3. Why has Shakespeare compared the world to a stage? (35-40 words) /3
4. “Jealous in honour….cannon’s mouth.” Who is the person described in these lines? Which traits characterize this stage? /2
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Answer:
1.Metaphor: "All the world's a stage"
Simile: "And then the lover, Sighing like furnace"
Alliteration: "plays many parts,"; "quick in quarrel,"
Anaphora: "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything."
(YOU CAN WRITE ANY ABOVE 3)
2.‘Entrances’ means life. ‘Exits means death.
They Enterthe stage when they are borm and exit when they die.
3.Shakespeare metaphorically calls the earth as stage because our earth looks like a stage and its inhabitants also look like actors who play different roles. Man's birth is entry on the stage; and his death is the exit.
4.The poet says these words while describing the fourth stage when the young man becomes a soldier and runs after short-lived glory. He has inflated sense of honour and ready to insist on duels to settle matters touching his honour. He does not realise that the reputation he seeks is short-lived like a bubble.
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