• " The universal theory of life span is clearly expressed in the poem Seven Ages of Man. Do you agree?

  The Seven Ages of Man written by William Shakespeare is a poem which clearly portrays the seven stages in a man's life and how they flow from one to another in water-tight compartments. Through this poem Shakespeare also clearly expresses the universal theory of life.
  
  
  According to Shakespeare man is first an infant "mewling and puking in the nurse's arms." Even though most people regard the baby as a blessing from God himself Shakespeare mentions it in a negative undertone. The next mentioned is the school boy "crawling like a snail unwilling to go school." The young lover is the next form embraced by human who is "made to his mistresses' eyebrow and sighing like a furnace." 
  
  
  The next in line was the soldier who is"bearded like the pard and full of strange oaths." At this stage man has reached the mature stage and is clear in his decisions. After this he assumes the form of the justice who is"beard of formal cut and round belly with good capon lin'd" He is a very mature person who is the leader in society and is respected and obeyed by everyone.
  
  
  At the final stages he transforms into the slippered pantaloon "pipes and whistles in his voice." He has become incompetent both mentally and physically and his old age has caused his visage to shrink. The very last stage is oblivion with "sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything." This means that he is facing death in which everything stops to exist.
  
  
  This poem was written by Shakespeare for the drama "As you like it." It was said to pacify the Duke and therefore written in a negative tone. Hence all the beautiful things of God were written as if indeed a curse. But negative or not it portrays the universal theory of man's life span very well. This is the reason why this poem is still regarded as a very good poem even at present.