Altering the philosophies of Hamlet, abandoning both, structure and development within the parameters of the stage, creating an importance for the underdog, instead of monitoring life from the top, Stoppard took Shakepeare's idea and made it new and inviting to the contemporary age. ... It paralleled the social context of the Seventeenth Century, where the general belief was that things occurred for distinct reasons, and the eventual -right-turning of the hierarchy triangle would set things back to normal. ...

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