While the two main characters in Stoppard's play occasionally make brief appearances in "Hamlet," as scripted in Shakespeare's original tragedy, the majority of the play takes place in other parts of the castle where Hamlet is set. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead follows the "off-stage" exploits of two minor characters from Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Tom Stoppard's play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, draws on two previous theatrical works: Shakespeare's Hamlet and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. The author of this passage is describing (5 points) intellectual arguments about Shakespeare's characters misunderstood representations of Shakespeare's characters problematic depictions of Shakespeare's characters theatrical adaptations of Shakespeare's characters Gilbert's play makes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern into central characters and alters the storyline of Hamlet. Gilbert entitled Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. These same two characters were also featured in a parody of Hamlet, the short comic play by W.
As in Beckett's play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern pass the time by impersonating other characters, engaging in word play, and remaining silent for long periods of time. While "off stage" in this way, the characters resemble the main characters in the absurdist Waiting for Godot.
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