Question

Part A What is a theme in this passage? Life has predictable stages. People become childish in old age. Life ends in nothingness. People often pretend to be someone they are not. Question 2 Part B Which line from the passage supports the answer to Part A? "Is second childishness and mere oblivion," (line 27) "His acts being seven ages." (line 5) "And all the men and women merely players;" (line 2) "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything." (line 28)

Answer 1

Part A: Life has predictable stages.

Part B: "His acts being seven ages." (line 5)

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Life ends in nothingness.

"Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything." (line 28)

Step-by-step explanation:

The given passage is from the monologue of Jacques in William Shakespeare's romantic comedy play "As You Like It". The monologue, more commonly known as "The Seven Ages of Man" presents the various stages of a man's life.

The main theme of the poem/ monologue is how life ends in nothingness. Despite the many stages of being a schoolboy, lover, judge, getting old, etc, a man's life is just full of that seven stages and then ends in nothing. He goes back to being a child and then becomes oblivious.

This theme is supported by the very last line of the poem "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything." This line perfectly sums up a man's life, starting with nothing, from oblivion and then going back to oblivion, doing a full circle.