Question

why does the poet William Shakespeare compare life to a stage and man and woman actors and actresses

Answer 1

he compares the life of a man because the persons birth mark it's appearance at the stage and it's death marks it's departure between these the man has to play his role...

Answer 2

William Shakespeare compares life to a stage where men and women are actors and actresses because he feels that every person who takes birth complete their life by doing their ambition or they by finishing their duties and die. It is just like people on the stage who come play a character and go.