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Study of Two
Characters in Hamlet
            Prepared by             Khuman Bhagirath J.
            Paper                   Cultural Studies (EE-205-B)
            Roll No.                08
            Class                   M.A. Sem-II
            Year                    2011-12

                 Department of   English, Bhavnagar University




3/22/2012                                                         1
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
  - Marginalized Characters
• Made-to-be-forgetful Dialogues
• Sycophantic and Plot driven
  characters
• Lacking Skills
• Odd sounding names



3/22/2012                          2
“They are not near my
 conscience”
-Hamlet
Why?
Righting Moral Order
“Baser Nature” among “Mighty
 Opponents”


3/22/2012                       3
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are
 Dead
-Tom Stoppard




3/22/2012                          4
Elizabethan Age-Postmodern Age

• Power struggle   • Existential
                     Question




3/22/2012                          5
Rosencrantz and
               Guildenstern -
            Archetypes of Human
                   Beings



3/22/2012                         6
Source : A Handbook of Critical Approaches to
   Literature by Wilfred Guerin, Earl Labor, Lee
   Morgan et al




3/22/2012                                          7

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Study of Two Characters in "Hamlet"

  • 1. Study of Two Characters in Hamlet Prepared by Khuman Bhagirath J. Paper Cultural Studies (EE-205-B) Roll No. 08 Class M.A. Sem-II Year 2011-12 Department of English, Bhavnagar University 3/22/2012 1
  • 2. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - Marginalized Characters • Made-to-be-forgetful Dialogues • Sycophantic and Plot driven characters • Lacking Skills • Odd sounding names 3/22/2012 2
  • 3. “They are not near my conscience” -Hamlet Why? Righting Moral Order “Baser Nature” among “Mighty Opponents” 3/22/2012 3
  • 4. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead -Tom Stoppard 3/22/2012 4
  • 5. Elizabethan Age-Postmodern Age • Power struggle • Existential Question 3/22/2012 5
  • 6. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - Archetypes of Human Beings 3/22/2012 6
  • 7. Source : A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature by Wilfred Guerin, Earl Labor, Lee Morgan et al 3/22/2012 7