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Elective English—IV

Notes Hilarious: Something or somebody who is extremely amusing is called hilarious.
Humourist: A humourist is a person who speaks acts or writes in an amusing manner.
Infant: A very young child or baby is called an infant.
Metaphor: It is a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a phrase or word
ordinarily used of one thing is applied to another.
Psychologist: A psychologist is a person who studies the mind and behaviour of other individuals.
Simile: It is a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a
phrase introduced by 'as' or 'like'. Similes can be found anywhere from printed materials to oral
conversations; in literature, language and music.

2.11 Review Questions

1. What is the theme of the poem ‘Seven Ages of Man’?
2. What are the seven ages that William Shakespeare has mentioned in his poem?
3. How does the infant act in The Seven Ages of Man?
4. Talk about Shakespeare’s childhood days.

5. What are the controversies attached to William Shakespeare and his works?
6. Explain the figures of speech used by Shakespeare in The Seven Ages of Man.
7. How was William Shakespeare a Psychologist?

8. How was William Shakespeare a Humourist?
9. Explain about the structure of the poem The Seven Ages of Man.
10. What is Shakespeare’s concept of life?
11. How is a man’s last stage of life described?
12. “Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel seeking the bubble reputation even in the
cannon’s mouth.
(a) Who is referred to here?
(b) What are the distinguishing features of the soldier?

Answers: Self Assessment

1. True 2. True
3. False 4. False
5. True

2.12 Further Readings

Books Bohn H.G. (1863) The Biography and Bibliography of Shakespeare, London: Philobiblon
Society.

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