Need with finals! "all the world's a stage" from as you like it by william shakespeare part a what is the theme of this passage? people most often prefer play to work. people gain self-knowledge as they age. people change a great deal as they go through the stages of life. people form many different relationships during their lives. part b which line from the passage best supports the answer to part a? "all the world's a stage," (line 1) "full of wise saws and modern instances; " (line 18) "then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel" (line 7) "and one man in his time plays many parts," (line 4)