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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Title: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1034 | Pages: 4.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince Hamlet replaces the letter that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are carrying to England with a forgery of his own making, thus sending these two men to their deaths. He does this without giving it a second thought and never suffers from any guilt or remorse for his actions. Considering that these two men were friends from his youth, this would at first glance seem to reflect poorly on his character. However, …showed first 75 words of 1034 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1034 total…and they die a fool's death in the end. They carry in the form of a letter, the king's command to have Hamlet beheaded upon his arrival in England. Hamlet switches the letter with a forgery and seals it with a likeness of the king's seal. The new letter orders the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, thus they handcarry their own death sentences to their executioners. A poetic justice is served to these unfaithful "friends."
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