Question

How and why does shakespeare compare this world to a stage in theatre?

Answer 1

This extract (poem Seven Ages) from Shakespeare’s play ‘As You Like It’ describes each man’s life as a play in which he plays seven roles. According to the extract the world is a stage and each man is an actor on the stage. Each man plays seven roles during his life time. 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. In between he plays seven roles.

Answer 2

all the world's stage is monologue from as you like it.
Shakespeare compare earth as stage and human as actors . He compare roles as stages of live .The birth is entrance and death is exit