Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

by KnowledgeNotes, Tom Stoppard

KnowledgeNotes offers students in-depth analysis of the most frequently studied literary works, from William Shakespeare to Maya Angelou, and Aeschylus to Toni Morrison

Genres: Classics, Plays, High School

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Published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Carolyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very clever presentation of a hopeless paradigm.

[Carol Malone · Rating 3 out of 5]

A crazy mixed up rendition of what it would be like to be Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and have no control over their lives and situations. To know that no matter what they'd like to do, they course is set and there's no excaping their demise at the end of the book. It's Stoppard's fatalistic view of life on earth. A challenge to read.

[Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

This play is a little confusing because the two main characters talk in circles. It is funny and the characters talk about some interesting topics.