Question

Having read this extract, identify the stages of a person's life as Shakespeare has done. Write down these stages in your note book, and sum up the characteristics of each stage in two or three words. e.g.

Stage	Characteristic feature
infancy	crying

Answer 1

	Stage	Characteristic feature
1	infancy	crying
2	Schoolboy	unwilling to go to school
3	Lover	sighing for mistress
4	Soldier	searching for bubble reputation.
5	Justice	full of wise saying and instances
6	Old pantaloon	grows weak
7	Last stage	second childhood.