1. Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
The play starts with a suspension of belief and Tom Stoppard so cleverly does this with the coin toss that opens Act I. ... He is like the virgin who while slowly being hunted down by death hobbles and crawls her way in their torn, tattered, and bloody clothes to the nearest cabin or boat house. ... Just like the virgin in the boat house, death has finally chased Rosencrantz and Guildenstern upon a boat where they find themselves in a dark confined space. ... This boat is not only a setting it is a shared symbol and it represents the fact that while they try to avoid death it is actually the o...
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