Shakespeare Figurative Language

William Shakespeare, a well respected, favored poet, actor, and playwright uses a very unique metaphor and other types of figurative language for his theme and his message in the poem, The Seven Ages of Man. Shakespeare was born on April 1564, in Stratford-upon-A located in the United Kingdom. Many historians believe he was a guinness for being a startling writing without being educated while other historians don’t suppose he wrote any of the poems, plays, and stories. Although, still today millions of myths are spoken of we don't know the truth of his enigmatic life.
The astound reason for Shakespeare comparing the world to a stage goes beyond the horizon back to what everyone goes through being, the inevitably of change. The inevitably of change is the universal theme meaning that no human can surpass nor, escape. This to me means that whether you are wealthy, happy, educated, short, fat, dark, or white you will not escape nor, surpass the inevitably of change. As shown by, “And all the men and women merely players, They have their exits and their entrances” (
Shakespeare). This being said everyone who enters also exits. Shakespeare means that we enter and leave the stage which represents the world. The reason why Shakespeare might have used a stage to represent the world can be for his the reason why he believes human beings have a role to play and once their scrip is done they exit the stage literally speaking they die. He couldn't have stated it any simpler, “Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history” (Shakespeare). This shows that life to Shakespeare is ubiquitous and enigmatic.
Shakespeare uses sensory details and symbolism, “The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon” to convince the audience that life is a circular cycle that occurs so quickly we don’t see the change happening. The quote gives commentary on how an adult goes back to becoming a careless little boy. This gives me an understanding of his view towards the human existence. This being said, it’s safe to acknowledge that in the last stanza, “ For his shrunk shrank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound” Shakespeare despite using personification uses allusion to invite the audience into the stage. I agree with William Shakespeare because we grow from being tiny, we grow and then we shrink from. This means that we inevitably change. As if, time passes too quickly that we end up behind trapped from the present moments.
According to the essay I found, “The last stage is about the senile man who loses his teeth, his vision and his hearing”.
I never interpreted the last stage as a cruel stage in which one is practically useless. Being an ambiguous statement I interpret it as Shakespeare saying, a useless man in a tough world is blatantly treated. As we have seen in the past the old have always been put aside yet, even today this unfortunately occurs.“ The metaphor the author of my sample source ,“After this, the man part in the play ends and he exits from the stages of his life forever” used foreshadowed the depressing fact that everything that is left on the stage remains temporarily because the stage changes as well. This remind me of when I built a sandcastle at Huntington beach because the heavy, salty waves slowly yet, surely wiped my sand castle away. In other words the sand castle returned to its original
source.
The inevitably of change is the universal theme that no human can surpass nor, escape. Furthermore, the world is a stage and we are all players who act. Just like in a play when you finish your act you leave the stage which means you pass away. I chose the theme, the inevitably of change because we are drastically changing without choice nor, a notice. Just like the universe itself and everything in between. I believe the message of the poem, The seven ages of man was, we all have a script that we follow which is our act that we play on the stage temporarily. Just like my sandcastle that was wiped away we may also be returning to our original source. However, this time forever with the inevitably of change.