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12th English Guide All The World’s A Stage Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Textual Questions:

1. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box to complete the summary of the poem:
(Text Book Page No. 91)

Shakespeare considers the whole world a stage where men and women are only (1)________. They (2) ________ the stage when they are born and exit when they die. Every man, during his lifetime, plays seven roles based on age. In the first act, as an infant, he is wholly (3) ______on the mother or a nurse. Later, emerging as a schoolchild, he slings his bag over his shoulder and creeps most (4)________ to school. His next act is that of a lover, busy (5) ______ballads for his beloved and yearns for her (6)________. In the fourth stage, he is aggressive and ambitious and seeks (7) ______in all that he does. He (8)________ solemnly to guard his country and becomes a soldier. As he grows older, with (9) _____and wisdom, he becomes a fair judge. During this stage, he is firm, and (10)________. In the sixth act, he is seen with loose pantaloons and spectacles. His manly voice changes into a childish (11)________. The last scene of all is his
second childhood. Slowly, he loses his (12) ______of sight, hearing, smell, and taste and exits from the role of life.

Answer:

  1. actors
  2. enter
  3. dependent
  4. reluctantly
  5. composing
  6. attention
  7. reputation
  8. promises
  9. maturity
  10. serious
  11. treble
  12. faculties

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2. From your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions briefly in a sentence or two:
(Text Book Page No. 91)

Question a.
What is the world compared to?
Answer:
The world is compared to a stage.

Question b.
“And they have their exits and their entrances” – What do the words ‘exits’ and ‘entrances’ mean?
Answer:
The word ‘exits’ means death. ‘entrances’ means birth.

Question c.
What is the first stage of a human’s life?
Answer:
The first stage of human life is “infant”. The babe on the nurse’s arms pukes and mewls.

Question d.
Describe the second stage of life as depicted by Shakespeare.
Answer:
The second stage of life is a schoolchild, who is unwilling to go to school.

Question e.
How does a man play a lover’s role7
Answer:
As a lover, a man sings serenades seeking the attention of his lady love.

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Question f.
Bring out the features of the fourth stage of a man as described by the poet.
Answer:
The fourth stage portrays the man as a soldier. He is aggressive and ambitious and seeks a (bubble) a short-lived reputation in all that he does. This is perhaps the toughest stage in his life.

Question g.
When does a man become a judge? How?
Answer:
As a man grows older with maturity and wisdom, he becomes a fair judge. He turns into justice, the one who knows what is good and what is right. At this stage, he is perhaps the best person to approach to find out who is correct and who is wrong.

Question h.
Which stage of man’s life is associated with the ‘shrunk shank’?
Answer:
In the sixth stage, the man becomes thin and weak. His fashionable dresses of youthful days have now become too lose to use for his shrunk shank (i.e.) legs that have become very lean with age.

Question i.
Why is the last stage called a second childhood?
Answer:
When he enters old age, he turns into a child again. Slowly, he loses his teeth, his eyesight, the taste in his mouth, and the love or greed for everything that he once wanted in his life.

Question j.
Why is the last stage called a second childhood?
Answer:
The last stage is called the second childhood. The old man slowly loses all his senses. He requires the support of a nurse or wife to do anything. In this stage, he departs from the world.

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3. Explain the following lines briefly with reference to the context: (Text Book Page No. 92)

a) “They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,”

Reference:
These lines are taken from Poem – “All the World’s a Stage”, Poet – “William Shakespeare”.
Context:
The poet tells about the ‘birth’ and ‘death’ of a man.
Explanation:
All the people take birth and then die after a certain period of time. When a man enters the world he has to undergo seven different stages. He has to play different roles. Season as a brother, father, husband, a fighter for the nation, etc. Finally, he exits from the roles of his life.

b) “Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation”.

Reference:
These lines are taken from Poem – “All the World’s a Stage”, Poet – “William Shakespeare”.
Context:
Here, the poet explains the behaviour of a man in the 4t stage.
Explanation:
Here he is aggressive and ambitious. This stage portrays the man as a soldier. He takes an oath to protect his country. He quarrels, but he also maintains his dignity to create and develop his short-lived reputation.

c) “Is second childishness and mere oblivion;
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”

Reference:
These lines are taken from Poem – “All the World’s a Stage”, Poet – “William Shakespeare”.
Context:
The poet brings out the inability of man in his last stage.
Explanation:
When the man enters old age. He turns into a child again. He loses his teeth, his eyesight, the taste, and the love or greed for everything that he once wanted in his life.

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4. Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following lines from the poem. (Text Book Page No. 92)

Poetic lines Figure of speech
1.  “All the world’s a stage” Metaphor
2. “And all the men and women merely players” Metaphor
3. “And shining morning face, creeping like a snail” Simile
4. “Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,” Simile
5. “Seeking the bubble reputation” Metaphor
6. “His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide” Alliteration
7. “Arid his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble” Metaphor
8. “Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad” Simile
9. “Even in the cannon’s mouth” Personification
10. “Is second childishness….’’ Metaphor
11. “Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything” Anaphora

Samacheer Kalvi 12th English Guide Poem 3 All The World's A Stage

5. Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following lines from the poem. (Text Book Page No. 92)

Poetic lines Figure of speech
1. “And all the men and women merely players” Alliteration
2. “And one man in his time plays many parts” Alliteration
3. “Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel.” Alliteration / Imagery
4. “For his shrunk shank….” Alliteration
5. “They have their exits and their entrances” / “His acts being seven stages” Imagery

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6. Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow. (Text Book Page No. 92)

a) Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.

i. Which stage of life is being referred to here by the poet?
Answer:
2nd stage of life is being referred to here by the poet. (He is a schoolboy).

ii. What are the characteristics of this stage?
Answer:
The boy is unwilling to go to school and unwilling to take the responsibility of being a student. He is naughty and irresponsible. He doesn’t care for anything.

iii. How does the boy go to school?
Answer:
The boy goes to school unwillingly. He doesn’t like to go and take up the responsibility of being a student.

iv. Which figure of speech has been employed in the second line?
Answer:
‘Simile’ has been employed in the second line.

b) Then a soldier,
full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth.

i. What is the soldier ready to do?
Answer:
The soldier is ready to guard his country.

ii. Explain ‘bubble reputation’.
Answer:
Bubble stands for a short time. Reputation means earning a good name. In the fourth stage, man seeks fame though it is temporary and short-lived.

iii. What are the distinguishing features of this stage?
Answer:
The fourth stage portrays the man as a soldier. He is very aggressive and ambitious and seeks a reputation in all that he does. This is perhaps the toughest stage in his life.

c. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lin’d,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;

i. Whom does justice refer to?
Answer:
Justice refers to the man in the fifth stage. In this stage, the man turns into being justice, the one who knows what is good and who is right.

ii. Describe his appearance.
Answer:
He is a man with maturity and wisdom, he becomes a fair judge. He has a round belly. He becomes fatter. He wears a short, formal beard and his eyes become intense.

iii. How does he behave with the people around him?
Answer:
He behaves wisely with the people around him. He is full of wisdom, speaking to everyone in a just and wise manner.

iv. What does he do to show his wisdom?
Answer:
He is the best person to approach to find out who is correct and who is wrong. He is full of wisdom, speaking to everyone in a just and wise manner.

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Additional Questions:

1. “All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.

i. What is compared to ‘the world’s a stage’?
Answer:
The world’s stage is compared to a human’s life. Everyman plays several parts during his lifetime.

ii. Who are the players?
Answer:
All men and women are the players.

2. “Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms,
Then the whining schoolboy with his satchel”.

i. Who pukes in the nurse’s arms?
Answer:
A child pukes ¡n the nurse’s arms.

ii. What does ‘Satchel’ mean?
Answer:
‘Satchel’ means a shoulder bag.

iii. Describe the whining school-boy.
Answer:
Whining means expressing unhappiness. The schoolboy is unwilling to go to school.

3. ‘Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad’

i. Which stage of life is being referred to here by the poet?
Answer:
The third stage is referred to here by the poet.

ii Which figure of speech has been employed in this line?
Answer:
‘Simile’ has been employed in this line.

4. ‘Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon.
i. Describe the phrase “lean and slipper’d pantaloon”.
Answer:
The phrase “lean and slipper’d pantaloon” describes a thin old man who becomes very weak too.

ii. Which stage of life is being referred to hereby by the poet?
Answer:
The sixth stage of life ¡s referred to here by the poet.

5. “Is second childishness and mere oblivion”

i. Which stage is the second childhood? why?
Answer:
The last stage is the second childhood, He becomes dependent on people once more. He loses his sight, hearing, smell, and taste.

ii. Explain ‘mere oblivion’.
Answer:
Oblivion means unconsciousness. He doesn’t know what is happening around him, because he has grown very old and weak.

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7. Complete the table based on your understanding of the poem:

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Answer:

Stage Characteristic
Infant crying
judge firm and serious
soldier aggressive and ambitious
lover boy unhappy
second childhood losing his facilities
schoolboy whining
old man thin and weak

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8. Based on your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions ¡n about 100-150 words each. You may add your own ideas if required, to present and justify your point of view: (Text Book Page No. 94)

a) Describe the various stages of a man’s life picturized in the poem “All the World’s a stage.”
b) Shakespeare has skillfully brought out the parallels between the life of man and actors on stage. Elaborate this statement with reference to the poem.

Introduction:
Shakespeare considers the whole world a stage where men and women are only actors. They enter the stage when they are born and exist when they die. Every player plays seven roles during his life.

First stage:
The first stage of a man’s life is infancy. As a baby he ‘mewls’ and ‘pukes’ in the arms of a nurse. In this stage, the baby is cared for by his mother.

Second stage:
As a whining schoolboy, he creeps towards the school ‘like a snail’. He is unwilling to go to school and unwilling to take the responsibility of being a student.

Third stage:
The lover’s behaviour bears a resemblance to a ‘sighing’ ‘furnance’. For him, there is definitely no other place that can comfort him, than the eyebrow of his ladylove.

Fourth stage: [soldier]
He is a soldier who fights for the nation. He goes in search of fame, which is short-lived and temporary. His beard depicts all those strange oaths that he takes he protect his country. He is aggressive and ambitious. This is perhaps the toughest stage in his life.

Fifth stage: [Middle aged man]
He is a man of justice. He grows older with maturity and wisdom, he becomes a fair judge.

Sixth stage: [Old man]
He is a weak, thin, old man. He seems funny in his loose clothes, even his voice is undergoing a transformation from its ‘manly’ huskiness to that of a childish voice.

Seventh stage: [Second childishness]
He becomes like a child and forgets everything. He loses his teeth, his eyesight, the taste, and the love or greed for everything that he once wanted in his life.

Samacheer Kalvi 12th English Guide Poem 3 All The World's A Stage

Listening:

Listen to the poem and fill in the blanks with appropriate words and phrases. If required listen to the poem again. (P No. 94)

Question 1.
The World Is Too Much with Us
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see _______ in that is ours;
We have given _______ away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom _______
_________ that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like _______
For this, for everything, we are _______;
It ____________ us not. Great God!
I’d rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might 1, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising _______
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
_William Wordsworth.
Answer:
The World Is Too Much with Us
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon,
The wind that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

Samacheer Kalvi 12th English Guide Poem 3 All The World's A Stage

கவிஞரைப் பற்றி வில்லியம் ஷேக்ஸ்பியர் (William Shakespeare):

(1564-1616) எலிசபத் ராணி (Elizabethan) மற்றும் ஜேக்கப் மன்னர் (Jacobean) காலத்தைச் சார்ந்த சிறந்த ஆங்கில எழுத்தாளர். (சில நேரங்களில் ஆங்கில புரட்சியாளர் (Renaissance) என அழைக்கப்பட்டவரி. ஷேக்ஸ்பியர் நாடகங்களுக்கு சிறந்தவர் என்றாலும், அவை மட்டும் அவர் எழுதவில்ல. அவரது கவிதைகள் இன்றளவும் புகழ் பெற்றுள்ளன. அவரது படைப்புகள் எண்ணற்ற (countless) வெவ்வேறான படைப்புகளை உருவாக்கியுள்ளது.

அவரது படைப்புகள் அனைத்தும “வில்லியம் ஷேக்ஸ்பியரின் மொத்த படைப்புகள்” (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare) என்ற பெயரில் தொகுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இது அவரது நாடகங்கள் (flays), செய்யுள்கள் (sonnels) மற்றும் கவிதைகள் (poems) அனைத்தையும் உள் அடக்கியது. வில்லியம் ஷேக்ஸ்பியர் இன்றளவும் ஆங்கிலத்தில் தலைசிறந்த இலக்கியவாதிகளில் (literary figures) ஒருவராக திகழ்கிறார்.

Discuss with your partner the different stages in the growth of a man from a newborn to an adult.
மனித வளர்ச்சியின் வெவ்வேறு நிலைகளை நண்பர்களுடன் கலந்துரையாடி அறிந்து கொள்க.

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“உலகமே ஒரு நாடக மேடை” என்ற வரி வில்லியம் ஷேக்ஸ்பியர் எழுதிய “As you like it” என்ற நாடகத்தில் ஜேக்குயிஸ் (jaques) என்ற கதாபாத்திரம் பேசும் முதல் ஐந்து வரிகள். அவன் உலகத்தை ஒரு நாடக மேடைக்கும், மனித வாழ்க்கையை ஒரு நாடகத்திற்கும், ஆண்களும், பெண்களும் அதில் நடக்கும் நடிகர்களாகவும், வாழ்வின் பல்வேறு நிகழ்வுகள் நடிக்கப்படும் வேடங்கள் என்றும், பிறப்பின் மூலம் உள்நுழைந்து இறப்பின் மூலம் வெளிசெல்வதாக ஒப்பிடுகிறார்.

மனிதர்கள் வெவ்வேறு கதாபாத்திரங்களாக நடிக்கிறார்கள். ஷேக்ஸ்பியரின் வரிகளில் அடிக்கடி பிறரால் குறிப்பிடப்பட்ட வரிகளில் இதுவும் ஒன்று.

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All The World’s A Stage Summary in Tamil

உலகமே ஒரு நாடகமேடை (stage),
அதில் அனைவருமே நடிகர் நடிகைகள்;
அவர்களுக்கு நுழைவாயில்களும் (entrances) உண்டு வெளிச்செல்லும் (exits) வழிகளும் உண்டு
ஒருவருக்கோ அவரது காலத்தில் பல வேடங்களும் உண்டு.
அவரது நடிப்பு ஏழு பருவங்களாய் உள்ளது. முதலில் குழந்தை (infant) பருவம்
செவிலியின் (nurse) கரங்களில் அழுவதும் (mewling) வாந்தி எடுப்பதுமாய் (puking).
பின்னர் புலம்பியழும் (whining) பள்ளி சிறுவன், அவன் தனது பையுடன் (satchel)
மின்னும் முகப்பொலிவுடன், நத்தை (snail) போன்று நகர்கின்றான்.
விருப்பமின்றி பள்ளிக்கு. அதன்பின் காதல் பருவம்,
எரியும் நெருப்பு சுவாலை போன்று அவனது காதலியின் புருவங்கள்
பற்றி சோகமான (woeful) ராகங்களின் வெளிப்பாடு.
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பின்ன ர் ஒரு படைவீரன் (soldier), வித்யாச சத்தியபிரமாணங்கள் (oaths)
தாவும் சிறுத்தை தாடியுடன், வெற்றி பொறாமையில் (jealous), துடிப்பும்
துணிவும் அவன் சண்டையில் நொடிப்பொழுது பெருமையைத் தேடுகிறான்.
பீரங்கியின் துழையின் முன் கூட. அடுத்து ஒரு நீதிபதி (justice),
வட்ட வடிவ வயிற்றுடன் இடைவெளிகளற்ற வரிகளுடன் (capon lin’d)
கூரிய பார்வை மற்றும் சீரான சிகையலங்காரத்துடன்
அறிவான அறிவுரைகளும் (wise saws) புதிய பார்வைகளுடன்
தன் பணி செய்கிறான். ஆறாம் பருவம் நகர்கிறது (shifts)
மெல்லிய எளிய காலணி அணிந்த முதுமை பருவத்திற்குள்.

மூக்குக் கண்ணாடியும் தோளில் பையும் (pouch)
அவரது இளமைக்கால கால்சட்டை (hose) பாதுகாப்பாய் உள்ளது இப்பரந்த உலகில்.
அவரது மெலிந்த கால்களுக்காய் (shrunk shank), அவனது ஆண்மைக் குரலோ (manly voice)
மீண்டும் மாற்றம் பெறுகிறது, குழந்தையின் மழலைக் குரலாய்
கீச்சொலி (whistles) கேட்கிறது அவரது குரலில். இறுதிக் காட்சி,
இந்த அசாதாரண நிகழ்வுநிறை வரலாற்றை முடிப்பதற்கு
இரண்டாம் குழந்தைப்பருவம் மறதியின் பருவம் (oblivion)
பற்களில்லை, பார்வையில்லை, ருசியில்லை, ஏதுமில்லை.