Hamlet, Laertes, and Ophelia are all loyal children who exhibit varying degrees of madness after their fathers" untimely deaths. ... Hamlet meets with Ophelia, acting very strangely, so she goes and tells her father, Polonius, then he goes to the king claiming Hamlet is lovesick. ... After Hamlet kills her father, Ophelia really loses touch with reality. ... This is the last straw that pushes her faithful brother Laertes to consider murder. ... Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Ros and Guil, as they are affectionately named in this text, follow the basic plot Shakespeare has written for them, but become the main characters in this version. ... However, the last section of that quote "Two nonentities surrounded by intrigue" shows that Stoppard is refering to the intrigue Ros and Guil are given in the play "Hamlet", by saying this he means that in order for "Ros and Guil are dead" to be interpreted better, one would need to have an understanding of Shakespear's "Hamlet", and therefore stating that "R & G are dead" can exist as a play in its own right, but is mor...

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He can't remember his own name, wonders idly about his toenails, and would probably be lost without his companion, Guildenstern. ... Hamlet - A Friend of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Prince of Denmark. ... While Hamlet's main character trait in Shakespeare's play is, perhaps, openness (he can't stop telling the audience what he is thinking) the Hamlet of Stoppard's play is much more mysterious. ... Hamlet, too, can be considered a rival, even though he does not have "evil" motives. ... (They were taking a letter to the English King, telling him to execute Hamlet, ...

• Word Count: 3860
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School