What Is The Meaning Of The Seven Ages Of Man?

What is the meaning of The Seven Ages of Man?

 

The speech compares the world to a stage and life to a play and catalogues the seven stages of a mans life, sometimes referred to as the seven ages of man: infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, Pantalone, and old age, facing imminent death. It is one of Shakespeares most frequently quoted passages.