Hey everyone...these same questions are also posted on the past/present page with the rest of the Hamlet and R/G stuff (if having it as a word document would be helpful to you at all). REMEMBER that you need to post YOUR complete answers to these questions as a new comment to this post, AND respond to at least one classmate's answer as well. Answers and comments are due by Monday, May 4th at the latest.
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- 1Given the Player's description of a tragedy in Act Two, is Stoppard's play a tragedy ("The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily")? (2.316)
- Why are Ros and Guil so lost and directionless when not caught up in the action of Hamlet?
- What are the major similarities and differences between Ros's view of what a play should do, and Guil's view of how a play should relate to reality?
- Does Stoppard's play pay homage to Hamlet or does it ridicule it?
- How do Hamlet and R/G deal with themes of absurdity and a breakdown in communication in distinct ways?