the world is a stage by eguriase s. m. okaka

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Eguriase S. M. Okaka’s Thoughts on the World and how he sees it as a stage. According to him: ‘The World is a Stage’
A stage is a raised platform where theatrical activities are performed. Every stage has a Performer, an Entrance and Exit. So this world is a stage, because it has a performer, an entrance and exit as the case is. When a man was born that is his entrance into the world. When he passes on that is his exit from the world. How he led his life from day one to his death amount to his performances in this world. Every man is an actor acting on stage and that stage is this world. We all have a time limit or duration of our activities in this world so is the actor on stage. No actor can perform any theatrical work without a stage. Let’s consider this world as such.
The actor is not a spirit being but one that we can easily relates with in our community as the case may be. His address his well known to us. His family background and his psychological make up are not hidden from us as well. What he acts is humanly oriented and societal too. These make drama the closest genre of literature to man. There is none like drama says the author and writer of many prolific works of arts. Will you now believe,
if Eguriase S. M. Okaka asserts that ‘Drama’ is the oldest profession in the world? Could that be correct from the facts given above? By Eguriase S. M. Okaka Author of the Story of the Epileptic Man Whatsapp 08103462928 or 08032587335 (My books and other literary works are available in this blog).

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