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One Man In His Time Plays Many Parts
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"One Man In His Time Plays Many Parts" Shakespeare's use of metaphor in seeing the world as a stage and life as a play to be acted out on this stage is simple and effective. Mankind becomes a player on this stage and life is broken down into seven ages. During these seven ages each person can play many different parts. He starts with the infant. "Mewling and Puking in the nurses arms" This indicates a derogatory attitude to the helpless infant who is dependent on the nurse. The infant has now grown into a schoolboy and the mewling has now become whining. "Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school." His attitude has changes and the tone is more sympathetic. The ugly infant has now become a schoolboy with a shining morning face. The lover grows from the schoolboy and he develops from a reluctant...
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