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Shakespeare plays JAQUES, an exiled nobleman

Illustration: Shakespeare plays Jaques dressed as an Elizabethan woodsman all in green, with a false beard; he looks thoughtful as he counts off the stages of a man’s life on his fingers

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The melancholy Jaques depresses his fellow exiles in the forest by counting off at great length the 'seven ages' of Man's pointless journey from the cradle to the grave.
As You Like It
Act 2 Scene 7

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