Question

write summary of Shakespeare's seven ages

Answer 1

Shakespeare elaborates the view by comparing the world to a stage on which human beings play the drama of life. There are seven acts or parts in this pla, Corresponding to the seven ages in a person's life.
A person plays many roles in a single lifetime. In  the beginning he is an infant in the nurse's arms. Infancy is followed by school going boy. In the third stage, the boy is seen as a lover singing songs for his beloved. After this he is seen as a soldier who is willing to die for its sake. The next role is of a judge who is full of wise maxims. His next role shows him having grown into a weak and clumsy old man. And then comes the last role when he forgets everything and is forgotten by everyone and he loses his teeth, eyes, sense of taste and everything. Thus, ends the drama of a person's life.