Dramatic Monologues - The Stages of Life

In William Shakespeare's comedy, As You Like It, the dour Jacques delivers a famous monologue about birth, life, and death, beginning with the immortal words "All the world's a stage, and the men and women merely players." Jacques's speech inspired our own Transitional English students to write their own dramatic monologues on life, the universe, and everything. They're hip, they're depressing, and oh-so literary. Click on a link below and have your kleenex ready.