How far are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern anti heroes in Ton Stoppards play?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were Hamlet’s good college buddies. They’re called to Elsinore by the newly-crowned King Claudius, who took over the throne following the untimely demise of his brother, Hamlet’s father. Hamlet suspects his uncle of the murder, particularly because, you know, the guy married his mom. Oh, and cause his dad’s ghost tells him all about it. So, anyway, Hamlet starts acting strange and his uncle calls in his college friends to essentially spy on him. Find out what he knows and why he’s acting strange, and then report back to the king, essentially. Playwright Tom Stoppard has called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern the two most boring characters in all of Shakespeare. They serve an entirely functional role in the actual play “Hamlet” – their intrusion on his life tips Hamlet off that his uncle suspects he may know too much, and provides the audience a glimpse into the true nature of his madness (namely, that he may be faking it). Then, they accompany Hamlet to Englan
