Consider Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s role in the play. Why might Shakespeare have created characters like this? Are they there for comic relief, or do they serve a more serious purpose? Why does the news of their deaths come only after the deaths of the royal family in Act V, as if this news were not […]
what would be its implications for interpreting the dramatic situation and action of the play?
This is my final paper for my Shakespeare class. I have notes attached to the end, and the description below. “Among the surprises in Hamlet is Claudius’ soliloquy in Act III, scene 3, in which Hamlet’s uncle expresses his sense of helpless guilt over his brother’s murder. He speaks of his desire to pray for […]