...age', his broken voice should remind us of a similar description in Jaques's seven 'ages': The sixt age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,...childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. (As You Like It, 2.7.157-63) Can Falstaffs broken voice be anything but this?8 He may seem older in...

...societies escaped. POWER IN OLD AGE Shakespeare's view of old age is not particularly attractive. "The sixth age shifts / Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,...childish treble, pipes / And whistles in his sound." Respect for age, and the power, therefore, that age may give, varies from one society to another. Even...

...of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age sifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles...whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventual history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion — Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans...

...And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon [dotard], With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful...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,...

...belly with good capon lin'd, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age...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,...

...belly, with good capon lin'd. With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances. And so he plays his part: The sixth age...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,...

...belly with good capon lin'd, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age...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,...

...belly with good capon lin'd, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age...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,...

...belly with good capon lin'd, With eye severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age...whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion; THE CASE STUDIES Research for this...

...with good capon lin'd, / With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, / Full of wise saws, and modern instances, /And so he plays his part. The sixth age...again toward childish treble, pipes / And whistles in hissonnd. Lastscene ofall, /Thatends this strange eventfnl history, / Is second childdisness and mere...