The figure of speech used here is :
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All the world is 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 school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwilling to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like a furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like a pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble-reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth.
‘..... their exits and entrances.....’
The figure of speech used here is :
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Correct answer: (B) Metaphor
Explanation
Life is directly called a play with 'exits and entrances' (birth and death), without 'like' or 'as'. This is a metaphor.