Excerpt from “all the world’s a stage” by william shakespeare in this poem, stage is what type of symbol? all the world’s 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 stages. i

By the use of the label "stage", Shakespeare through the character of Jacques, implies that it is symbolic of men being mere actors in the world stage.

Explanation:

Jacques produced this famous speech about the various stages of a man's life through the poem "All The World's A Stage". By the use of the 'stage', he implies that the life of man is like a play performed on the world stage for everyone to see. The dramas of our lives that everyone plays during our existence in this world is a performance with everyone of us becoming actors in our own lives. We all are mere players in this world, performing our respective roles in our everyday lives.