Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Elizabethan gentlemen only in appearance. Apart from one joke about the ‘fashionable theory’ of earth going round the sun no attempt at all is make to link their mental processes to the Renaissance world of corrupt grandeur in which they have roles to play. While they do not make references to films or other modern inventions they psychologically think and feel like memb3ers of a modern audience. Both the humour …showed first 75 words of 454 total…

…showed last 75 words of 454 total…he takes no joy in scoring points off his partner, if only because he feels their joint situation is too worrying for that; he is, rather always the one trying to interpret their situation. He can be exasperated by Rosencrantz but also can be gentle and concerned. Guildenstern is disgusted by the players whereas Rosencrantz is tempted. Athis my be partly because on Guildenstern they cause ‘fright’ but his compassion for Alfred is clearly evident.