All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms; And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. 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. 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; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything

1- Check your overall understanding of the text by deciding if the statements below are true (T) or false (F). ( ) The text is largely autobiographical. ( ) The text clearly makes a criticism of the government of the period. ( ) The idea of the text is that the world can be compared to a stage. ( ) The character being portrayed in the text is not a woman. ( ) Some kinds of clothes described in the text are typical of a period and of a country. ( ) The author points out the best qualities and attitudes of a person in each phase of life. ( ) The author uses comparisons to explain what humans look like and how they act in different ages of their lives.
DIAS, R.; JUCA, L.; FARIA, R. Prime: inglês para o ensino médio. São Paulo: Macmillan, 2014 (adaptado).


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