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  • Seven Ages Of Man And Woman

    Those who know English would not have missed  enjoying Shakespeare,.

    If ever a Poet/Dramatist were to be found who could mirror emotions in simple powerful words it is the Bard of Avon.

    I have some post on him.

    Da Vinci Mona Lisa.
    Mona Lisa

    The most famous of his lines in As You Like It‘ on the Stages of Man is a piece in itself.

    I am reproducing this with out comments or explanations for in my view Shakespeare is best enjoyed with out some body disturbing.( excepting some like Bradley)

    “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,
    His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
    Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
    And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
    And shining morning face, creeping like snail
    Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
    Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
    Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
    Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
    Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
    Seeking the bubble reputation
    Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
    In fair round belly with good capon lined,
    With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
    Full of wise saws and modern instances;
    And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
    Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,
    With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
    His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
    For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
    Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
    And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
    That ends this strange eventful history,
    Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
    Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”

    If Shakespeare could do it,Tamil could do it better, in classifying the Chronological Age of man and Woman.

    Tamil , a Language of antiquity, alive and kicking well, has made Life into an Art by its literature and its classification of Life in its Grammar.

    Tamils have divide Life into two parts, one that deals with external activities expressed outwards, like War,Arguments,Valor,Philanthropy, called Puram(The term means ‘outside’).

    Another is Aham(inside) which deals with emotions like Love, Despair.

    Under Aham the chronological Age of Man and Woman has been taken to classify Ages.

    ”

    பெண்களின் ஏழு பருவங்கள்:-(Seven Ages of Woman)

    * 1 வயது முதல் 8 வயது வரை – பேதை-1-8 Pedha, an age when one does not know to distinguish things.
    * 9 வயது முதல் 10 வயது வரை – பெதும்பை-9-10,Pedhubmai, can differentiate but not very clear.
    * 11 வயது முதல் 14 வயது வரை – மங்கை-10-14,Mangai, has attained womanhood, but yet to fall in Love.
    * 15 வயது முதல் 18 வயது வரை – மடந்தை14-18,Madanthai. has started to develop feelings of Love.
    * 19 வயது முதல் 24 வயது வரை – அரிவை-19-24Arivai,has attained an Age where one has gone through the process of Love,separation.
    * 25 வயது முதல் 29 வயது வரை – தெரிவை-25-29,Therivai, has loved, successful, or lost but  knows Life.
    * 30 வயதுக்கு மேல் – பேரிளம் பெண்-30+,has seen it all, either a Spinster,( mostly), mature.

    ஆண்களின் ஏழு பருவங்கள்:(Seven Ages of Man).

    * 1 வயது முதல் 7 வயது வரையிலான பருவம் – பாலன்-Balan,1-7 as in Woman.
    * 8 வயது முதல் முதல் 10 வயது வரையிலான பருவம் – மீளி, Meeli,8-10 Forgetful yet can recall.
    * 11 வயது முதல் 14 வயது வரையிலான பருவம் – மறவோன்11-14,Maravon,Fighter, does not forget.
    *15 வயதிற்குண்டான பருவம் – திறவோன்-Thiravon,15 Years,Capable.
    *16 வயதிற்குண்டான பருவம் – விடலை, Vidalai 16, Irresponsible in all walks of Life.
    *17 வயது முதல் 30 வரையிலான பருவம் – காளை ,Kaalai, 16,Responsible in all affairs, including Life.
    * 30 வயதுக்கு மேலான பருவம் – முதுமகன்.Mudhumagan,30+ .Mature.

    Note that the stages of Man stops for Man after 14 Years and characteristics change year by year.

    But women stay steadfast, relatively, which is a fact.

    The names given to each stage expresses the meaning explained,

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  • Who Wrote Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Thirukkural, Shakespeare’s works?

    Prince Tudor,Shakespeare
    Shakespeare-and Prince Tudor.

    About six months back my wife’s sister’s husband told me that he did not believe that Lord Krishna did not deliver the Discourse of Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

    His argument was that, in the midst  of a war, no body would have noted what Krishna spoke, that too,six hundred Couplets.

    Quite ingenious.

    In the same vein, my son once told me that the tamil Classics ,especially Thevaram,Thiruvaasakam,Naalaayira Divya Prabhandam could not have been written by those to whom they are attributed to for no body would have taken notes when these Saints were composing these works.

    My reply , especially on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, has been explained in,my blog, filed under Indian Philosophy,Hinduism,Bhakti.

    To day I happened to watch a Film,’Anonymous’ on SonyPix.

    It was set against the background of Queen Elizabeth(Middle ages) and The theory that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. wrote The plays of Shakespeare.

    I was curious and checked the web.

    I found some interesting information.

    Theories of incest and plagiarism.

    Of Course, no final word has been said.

    ”

    The Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship proposes that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604), wrote the plays and poems traditionally attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon. While a large majority of scholars reject all alternative candidates for authorship,[1] there is popular interest in various authorship theories.[2] Since the 1920s, Oxford has been the most popular candidate among “anti-Stratfordians,” a collective term for adherents of the various alternative-authorship theories.[3][4][5]

    The convergence of documentary evidence of the type used by academics for authorial attribution—title pages, testimony by other contemporary poets and historians, and official records—sufficiently establishes Shakespeare’s authorship for the overwhelming majority of Shakespeare scholars and literary historians,[6] and no evidence links Oxford to Shakespeare’s works.[7] Oxfordians, (as those who subscribe to the theory are usually called), however, reject the historical record, often proposing the conspiracy theory that it was falsified to protect the identity of the real author and invoking the dearth of evidence for any conspiracy as evidence of its success.[8] Some Oxfordians believe that Shakespeare acted as a “front man,” receiving the plays from Oxford and pretending to have written them, but others claim that he was simply a merchant from Stratford who had nothing to do with the theatre.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordian_theory_of_Shakespeare_authorship

    The Prince Tudor theory (also known as Tudor Rose theory) is a variant of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, which asserts thatEdward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford was the true author of the works published under the name of William Shakespeare. The Prince Tudor variant holds that Oxford and Queen Elizabeth I were lovers and had a child who was raised as Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. The theory followed earlier arguments that Francis Bacon was a son of the queen. A later version of the theory, known as “Prince Tudor II” states that Oxford was himself a son of the queen, and thus the father of his own half-brother.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Tudor_theory

    Similarly there are opinions that the Thirukkural was not written by Thiruvalluvar.The arguments are.

    A single individual could not have written on such a wide range of subjects , that too  vividly.

    The name ‘Valluvar’ denotes a Caste.

    Bhagavad Gita is reported to have been written/compiled by Vyasa.

    Same confusion abounds in India.

    And the name they use was used by a number of persons ( example Avvaiyar)

    The main reason is that the authors never used their real names.

    For that matter, names in India were only indicative, of Community,Clan,Quality and the like.

    Krishna -Black.

    Rama-one who is liked.

    Vyasa-Compiler.

    Secondly, they never wrote with the intention of being spoken of nor for Royalty.

    My view is that enjoy the work and do not bother about who wrote it.

    In fact The Bible was complied three hundred Years after the Death of Jesus Christ,.(please read my blogs on Christianity)