Symbolism

• In Shakespeare’s As you Like It, ‘stage’ symbolizes the world and ‘players’ symbolize men and women:

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,

What could 'exits' and 'entrances' symbolise? (2 marks)
How 'many parts' can a man play? (2 marks)