Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. All the world is 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 and puking in the nurse's arms; Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwilling to school. And then the lover, Sighing like a furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like a pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble-reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. '..... their exits and entrances.....' The figure of speech used here is :
The phrase "their exits and entrances" from the extract uses the figure of speech known as a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another, implying a symbolic resemblance between them. In this context, the metaphor is used to compare life to a stage play, where "exits and entrances" symbolize the beginning and end of life events or phases, as well…Read More
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