Jacques
from As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Monologue Text
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 and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with…
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Author(s)
Character Name
Jacques
Source Title
As You Like It
Source Type
PLAY
Act / Scene
Act 2, Scene 7
Setting
The Forest of Arden
Period
CLASSICAL
Publishing Status
PUBLISHED PIECE
Content Rating
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Era
ELIZABETHAN
Monologue Type
DRAMATIC
Gender
MALE (MASCULINE)
Age Range
30s - EARLY
30s - LATE
40s - EARLY
40s - LATE
50s
60s
70+
Race / Ethnicity
INDIAN
CHINESE
JAPANESE
KOREAN
AFRICAN
CAUCASIAN
NATIVE AMERICAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER
FILIPINO
CHICANO
Dialect
STANDARD ENGLISH
STANDARD AMERICAN
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