... 's comic relief as Shakespeare's Hamlet is recounted from another point of view, in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a new sense of witty comedy is sprung forth from the classic play. In all actuality, the play is classified as a tragic comedy, because although the dialogue and flow of the play is one of a laid back comedy, the play does end ... up on their skills for their upcoming encounter with Hamlet. In the Abbot and Costello, "Who's on First- style, the two would throw out a series of questions, confusing both the reader and themselves. Not only was the basis o...

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