1. what is a theme in this passage? "all the world's a stage" from as you like it by william shakespeare the lifespan of human beings follows a cycle. no one can escape death. since death comes for all, there is senselessness in life. in the face of time, all humans are .2.  which lines from the passage support the answer to part 1? "is second childishness and mere oblivion, /  sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything." (lines 27-28)"at first, the infant, / mewling and puking in the nurse's arms." (lines 5–6)"last scene of all, / that ends this strange eventful history," (lines 25–26)"and all the men and women merely players; /  they have their exits and their entrances,"(lines 2–3)