William Shakespeare, England 's national poet, is deemed to be the greatest writer of the English language (William). "All the World 's a Stage" is a famous poem that was written by Shakespeare in 1599 (Brevington). Shakespeare is well known for writing about the realism of life (William). Seemingly, in this poem, he describes the seven stages of life. William Shakespeare uses the seven stages of life to express that the life of man is realistic, and that all people simply live as actors on a stage.

William Shakespeare starts off his poem by stating, "All the world 's a stage/And all the men and women merely players" (Shakespeare 1-2). Shakespeare sees the men and women of the world as actors on a stage. Due to Shakespeare writing so many plays in the twenty years of his playwright career, his perspective is shaped to this concept. He is also well known for writing his play around the idea of human emotions and conflicts. The poem, "All the World 's a Stage" clearly demonstrates that idea. Shakespeare took his life experiences and put them into a perspective that others could see through this poem. In all reality, the world can be seen as a stage with the people as actors. We play certain roles throughout our whole lives at different stages.

In lines three and four, Shakespeare says that humans have their exits and their entrances, along with playing many parts in life. The parts of life consist of seven stages, all in which can be seen as acts in a play. Shakespeare