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OpenStudy (fantino_italiano):

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

where is the passage?

OpenStudy (fantino_italiano):

im trying to get it up!! sorry lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (fantino_italiano):

Tom Stoppard's play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, draws on two previous theatrical works: Shakespeare's Hamlet and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead follows the "off-stage" exploits of two minor characters from Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. While the two main characters in Stoppard's play occasionally make brief appearances in "Hamlet," as scripted in Shakespeare's original tragedy, the majority of the play takes place in other parts of the castle where Hamlet is set. While "off stage" in this way, the characters resemble the main characters in the absurdist Waiting for Godot. As in Beckett's play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern pass the time by impersonating other characters, engaging in word play, and remaining silent for long periods of time. These same two characters were also featured in a parody of Hamlet, the short comic play by W. S. Gilbert entitled Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Gilbert's play makes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern into central characters and alters the storyline of Hamlet

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What am I suppose to help you with?

OpenStudy (fantino_italiano):

A. convince the reader that one playwright is more talented than another B. instruct the reader about the least successful adaptations of Shakespeare C. inform the reader of many different interpretations of the same two characters D. distract the reader from the true message of Shakespeare’s tragic play

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I would say the answer is C

OpenStudy (fantino_italiano):

ok I thought that one too, thank you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

your welcome

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