Read the excerpt from As You Like It by William Shakespeare. All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances. What do Shakespeare's metaphors most likely mean? Choose three correct answers.

Shakespeare compares the world to a stage and people to actors, suggesting that everyone takes on different roles over the course of life. The “exits” and “entrances” represent leaving one stage of life and entering another. Since people share the journey through life’s stages, A, D, and E are correct; the lines do not mean that everyone is pretending or being dramatic.

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