What characterizes the period of life represented by the soldier? (NOT C)


"The Seven Ages of Man"

by William Shakespeare


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. . . In the nurse’s arms.

And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel

And shining morning face. . . And then the lover,

Sighing like a furnace. . . Then a soldier

Full of strange oaths. . . Jealous of honor,

Sudden and quick in quarrel. . . And then the

justice. . .

Full of wise saws and modern instances;

And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts

Into the lean and slippered pantaloon.

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side.
. . . 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.


a. ) brash (bold/rude) behavior

b. ) his fear of cowardice

c. ) his sense of honor

d. ) his dedication to duty