Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Existential Analysis.

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Existential Analysis

Essay Prompt Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead has been said to be an existential play. Considering the definition of existentialism, Stoppard’s use of dramatic conventions, and Ros and Guil’s words, actions, and experiences, is this label valid? Support your assertion in a well-developed essay reflective of the play as a whole.

Consider... The definition of existentialism The fourth wall Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are not part of Elsinore; they have been sent for. They point out their awkwardness several times by saying that they do not belong there and constantly are wondering why they are there. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern feel a hostility toward them from Hamlet and an indifference from the King.

Consider... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are extremely insecure about what they should do; they even try to rehearse. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern cannot avoid being called by the King, which leads to their involvement with Hamlet’s situation. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do face their situation. They try to decide how they should deal with it—they do not just relax and respond. In the end, they face their deaths and the fact that they could have said no.

Consider... Stoppard has made clear that there is no absolute truth to guide us, only assumptions. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern continually wonder “what direction” to go in. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do feel absurd because, in their attempts to understand and be recognized, they have felt only more meaningless.

Consider... Guildenstern: “Practically starting from scratch...an awakening... We have not been picked out... simply to be abandoned... set loose to find our own way. We are entitled to some direction, I would have thought.” This an existential statement of man’s position in the world.

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