Question

Everything is transient and unhappiness also won’t last forever.. explain with reference to seven ages

Answer 1

Unquestionably human life is transient. Nothing is permanent except God. The poet, William Shakespeare has highlighted this universal truth beautifully in the poem, The Seven Ages. According to the poem man plays seven roles in his life from the time of his birth to his death. First he is an infant; the infant grows into a school going child; the school going child grows into a sighing lover; the lover is transformed into a temperamental soldier; from the soldier he matures into a wise justice; from justice into an old man; and then the last stage renders him totally invalid. Finally man dies. Nothing ever stands still in life; there is a constant flux of circumstances, time, age, and conditions. Neither happiness stays permanently, nor unhappiness. So, men and women should not worry about anything; they should rather focus on playing their roles in the best possible manner. This is what the poet intends to convey to the readers through this poem.