The world is a stage

All the World's a Stage

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.
Then the whining schoolboy, 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 honor, 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 slippered 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.

- William Shakespeare

We all have come across this World famous poem. Here are the list of roles played by all the mere men and women after their entry and before their exit:

• An infant
• Whining schoolboy/schoolgirl
• Lover
• Soldier
• Justice
• A lean old man / woman
  
• A very old person, turning into second childishness
  

Let us consider our middle-aged man/woman who has this typical working routine. I am not just talking about the so-called innocent human beings wearing IT/BPO tags rolled around their neck. Doesn't matter if you are a labor worker, or a Government servant, or a marketing executive, ... blah.. blah. You all are included in this mere consideration.

Before the discussion can begin, the bulb inside our head wakes up wide to say "Hey. Don't you think these things are already discussed by William Shakespeare in those seven roles?. Thinking too smart, huh?"

Answer - "This is just another funny and explicit correlation."

Okay. We need to frame a name for this role. Can we have him/her named worker? No. It sounds too partial towards the labor community. Hmmm. No. It doesn't sound that way. Whenever someone asks you "what do you do?", your immediate response to that is "I am ABC and I work for XYZ company". Let us finalize that. Lets welcome The Worker. :-)

But the role that we assigned, will have the qualities of the roles - lover, soldier and the justice.

The Worker

First of all, he/she has to be a great actor. :-) And let us analyze the reasons as to why our Worker has to to wear this crown. Do not take them on a negative tone. It is just the way we live our life. This is the way the world is written to behave.

• He/She has a split personality syndrome. Just step out of your shoes and look at yourself. You turn into a completely different personality when you enter your workplace. You straight away start pressing the MODE button on you mind which reads Office.
  
• Whenever our boss/superior passes by, the responsibility factor increases to an all time high, or at least, we pretend to be that way by tuning our body language.
  

Just imagine, if our real life is actually a reality show in itself, and we are surrounded by thousands of cameras. Probably, God will be the only viewer of this reality show. So, He can definitely notice the change in our body language, or notice the fact that there would be a different colored light glowing on the MODE button. It is a little funny to imagine ourselves that way. Just peep into God's theater room with your friend and tell him

"Dude. Look at you on TV number 10. Ha ha. You look so funny. How can you change your facial expression like that when your good looking boss passes by? Man. You are really an awesome actor. "

Another scene.

"Hey. Look at that. TV number 15. @$%$. That is the video of your team meeting. Why do you have to look so bloody tensed when your manager questions you on that?. Chill Chill my friend!!".

And, another one.

"Why do you have to give such an angry pose when your superior assigns you some work with deadline and leaves from that place?"

So many emotions, so many expressions, yet, a single person. It is the personality that changes.

Sources & References:

• http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/all-the-world-s-a-stage/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare