Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Group

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tkb
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What is the importance of Rosencrantz?

how is rosencranse

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Posted by tkb on Wednesday February 28, 2007 at 11:53 PM and tagged with rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, who is rosencrantz.

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  1. janeyb

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    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are merely plot devices, minor characters, in Shakespear's Hamlet. In Stoppard's play, however, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern become the most important part of the story, with the rest of the cast in supporting roles. It's a hilarious farce and an interesting treatment on fate, since one knows that Rosencratz and Guildernstern must die, since they die in Hamlet.

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    Posted by janeyb on Thursday March 1, 2007 at 9:03 AM