Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is a play that takes place off stage of the play Hamlet. It gives a story to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two gentlemen that we all know are dead, from boththe title of the play and Hamlet. The whole play is one big ironic idea. First off, we already know the characters are dead, or will die, depending on which way you look at it. The play is also messing with the idea that the characters are in the play but also know that they are just actors and they aren't real. The writer makes it so the main characters have no recollection of their lives, or even their names at times. And sometimes the author lets them think that maybe they aren't real and they are just puppets in this story. The play is a play within a play and messes with the notion that they are just actors, not real.
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