Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's death

I don't think Horatio has any opinion of approval or disapproval on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's deaths. He doesn't seem to care because all he says is that one line, yet he cares enough to say it at all. I guess he has to say it because these were people who died, even though they don't have any significant purpose. And their insignificance is exactly why there is not much of an opinion on Horatio's part. Horatio had no relationship with these two men anyway, and they aren't needed in the story, thus Horatio has no opinion either way on their deaths being good or bad. This also ties in with Hamlet's lines that we focused on today. With the fall of the sparrow and how there is an inevitability. Death is inevitable. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's deaths were inevitable, and their disappearance from the story does not make the play lose anything in its structure or quality. In the end, I guess what I'm trying to say is that these two aren't important enough to me missed or to have their deaths considered bad, and considering all the circumstances of the play and Horatio's role and interaction with these two being none, zero, nothing, there is no way that I can see Horatio having an opinion on these two strangers.

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