How context& values change in hamlet and ros & guil are dead

Quotes, symbols etc. Ideas, values, issues in relation to context

LOOK AT HOW HAMLET WAS VALUED FOR ITS TIME, THE WAY IT WAS STUDIED IT’S VALUES, SYMBOLISM etc. Then COMPARE with Ros + Guil, and how it has CHANGED....

As Rosencrantz and Guildenstern travel to the castle, their surroundings are purposely vague and featureless. Once they get to the castle, the change in scenery is very slight, and when they are on the boat, taking Hamlet to England, the change is again nearly imperceptible. Stoppard constantly reminds the reader that this is a play, not real life. Therefore, the action is set against the bleakest of stages. There is no real setting to the play, just a backdrop for the words.

Rosencrantz - A bumbling, ridiculous but harmless Elizabethan gentleman. He can’t remember his own name, wonders idly about his toenails, and would probably be lost without his companion, Guildenstern. He seems happy to let other people make his decisions for him, right down to whether he will live or die. He never wants to upset anyone, and he is completely unaware of the fact that this might be annoyi

At the very beginning of the play, they try together to remember why they are travelling to the castle. Finally, they realize that the King has sent for them. That summons resonates in their minds at an almost subconscious level: they did not decide to come--they were sent for, and so came, without giving it any thought. It is that simple for them. Fate pulls them along, kicking and screaming, and they must decide how to respond to this unwanted force that is working in their lives. Guildenstern is angry about it. He has a strong sense of right and wrong, and he believes that since the court disrupted their lives, it has the responsibility to help them complete their mission so they can go home again. He deeply resents being dropped into the middle of chaos. How, he wonders, can he help Hamlet if he doesn’t know what is really happening at court, or what he is really supposed to accomplish? However, he is so completely in the dark that he does not even know who to question.

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