The development of human has always attracted many parties. From Stone Age to the era of Darwin, there have been many theories debated on the human evolution. This is applies to the literature field also. Many writers have actually included the stages of development in human life in their masterpieces. To illustrate, Shakespeare in his play, “As You Like It”, gives a significant metaphor to compare the whole life of man-the stage. He uses the character Jaques in his play to talk about the seven stages in human life in a soliloquy. On the other hand, Sophocles in his play; “Oedipus Rex” created a creature called the Sphinx which tortures the people of Thebes and it can be defeated by solving a riddle. The riddle goes on to talk about the four different stages in human life. Be it as many stages as it can be, personally I think life is a vicious cycle and think the finishing line is always at the place we start of. Thus, rises and falls becomes part and parcel of it.
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