Question

Explain the meaning of these lines " Seeking the bubble reputation. Even in the Cannon's Mouth."

Answer 1

Hint: The phrase "The Seven Ages" comes from Shakespeare's classic comedy "As You Like It." The poet compares the world to a theatre stage, with all of its inhabitants acting as actors and actresses. They are born, go through seven distinct roles, and then die.

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Summary:

This universe is compared to a stage in a theatre by Shakespeare. All men and women are only participants. There are exits and entrances on the stage. Men and women both give birth and join the world in the same way. They live their lives and die at the end of them. Every guy has seven different personalities and goes through seven different stages in his life.

The first stage of man's existence begins with the birth of a child. In the arms of his nurse, the baby screams and vomits. Then he matures into a young kid who attends school. He is adamant about not going to school and progresses at a snail's pace towards it.
Man takes on the role of a lover in the third stage. He sighs like a fire and continues to write melancholy poems extolling the beauty of his beloved's eyes. The soldier stage is the fourth stage. His beard resembles that of a leopard. He is always on the lookout for glory and notoriety. For a brief moment of glory and notoriety, he is willing to enter the mouth of a cannon.

Man takes on the position of a judge in the fifth stage. He eats a lot of chickens and gets a round tummy as a result. He is full of insightful words and modern examples. He is a wise and knowledgeable man. In the sixth stage, a person's body becomes feeble and frail. He is dressed in slippers, spectacles, and clothing that he purchased as a child. For his shrinking and slender leg, these pants and stockings have become too big.

The seventh stage is referred to as "second childishness." At this point, the man has grown elderly and is behaving like a child. He loses his teeth and his vision deteriorates. Actually, he loses his sense of taste and succumbs to amnesia. Man then departs from the earth after completing the seventh stage of existence.

Thus the phrase "Seeking the bubble reputation. Even in the Cannon's Mouth." These phrases refer to a period in a man's life when honour and pride are more important to him than his own life. He is unable to let go of his reputation and is extremely protective of it. He is envious and powerful enough to stand up to anybody who questions his honour.

Note: There is no such thing as a permanent object in the universe; it is already a part of the human cycle that a man grows up and dies as a corpse. The moral of the storey is that we must accept the fact that we all die and the truth about the human life cycle.