Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Rosentcrantz and Guildenstern's Final Act

What stood out to me the most about Act three is how Stoppard ended Ros. and Guil.'s "lives". In the play they do not die. They just fall out of the story and another character merely reports that they were killed. This goes along with the idea that they are completely bound by the story. They were not born- they appeared when they were summoned and they did not die- they merely cease to be once their part has been fulfilled. Aaah, I feel somewhat deep now. I feel as if I should come up with some clever comment about how we are all actors, but alas... I can't think of one. So, I end my blog thusly: I liked the play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead". It was very interesting from its monkey theorems to gay jokes, but now it is over and the curtain has closed... wait does that mean they are dead again?

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