Summary- Nothing really spectacular happens they are summoned to help hamlet and in the beginning they keep getting heads when they flip a coin. they run into a roaming group of actors on the way and have a weird encounter. Suddenly they are at Hamlets castle talking to the king and queen about hamlet. they try to talk to him but they really get nowhere. In the end they find Hamlet once he has killed Palonius but they don't actually help. Then they get sent with Hamlet to England and then find some of the actors inside a barrel. They have instructions to tell the king of England to kill Hamlet but Hamlet finds out and switches the letter with a different one that tells him to kill Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. After that they are attacked by pirates and Hamlet escapes. Then they end up dead in the same spot as the actors were.
Characters-
Ros.- Care free light, light hearted.always getting his name confused. He is a friend of Hamlet and trying to figure out whats wrong with him.
Guild.- meaner always yelling at Ros. He is a friend of Hamlet's too and helping Ros. figure out whats wrong with Hamlet.
Player- God figure. Always seems to know more then he is letting on. He likes to please others.
Hamlet- acting strange because of his fathers reappearance. They were asked to help him by the king and queen.
Symbols-
Coin- I thought that the coin might symbolize that everything is predetermined throughout the play. Kind of that they are trapped in the play.
Important Quotes- "A man talking sense to himself is no madder then a man talking Nonsense not to himself."
Setting- Nowhere, Hamlets castle, a boat.
Author- Tom Stoppard
THeme- Everything is predetermind. They are trapped in this play and can't break free of that. Tom Stoppard is kind of making them go around in circles throughout the play.
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ReplyDeleteI would add some more detail to your summary of the play. So maybe you could add some more description to the plot and the characters. For your discussion of theme I would talk about symbols, tone, imagery, etc. and then show how they enhance that theme throughout the play.
ReplyDeleteI agree that you could add more to plot and theme. Also for your quote, I would explain about what your quote means and how it relates to the theme of the play. You could also talk about the imagery, tone, and author's style in your analysis.
ReplyDeleteYou could definitely add a little more detail to all of the sections I think. I like your tone though, its a little amusing, but it really sounds like your voice, which is good if you are using the summary to review and study from. Writing it in a way that makes you remember is best for studying of course.
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