Rozencrantz & Guildenstern

Question 1

In act 2 scene 2 when R&G first arrive at Elsinore give a quote from R&G that show their sycophantic nature

Answer 1

G: “But we both obey … to lay our services freely at your feet”

Question 2

How does Rosencrantz reply when hamlet says “Denmarks a prison” in act 2 scene 2

Answer 2

“Then your mind makes it one; ‘it’s too narrow for your mind”
> Renaissance thinking of Gutenberg advances the Machiavellian men he is surrounded by in Denmark

Question 3

Give quotes to show the closeness of hamlets relationship with R&G

Answer 3

H: “I will not sort you with the rest of my servants “
“My excellent good friends”
- losses antic disposition, is excited to see them

Question 4

What does the pipe motif at the end of act 3 scene 2 symbolise as hamlet says: “do you think I am easier to be played upon than a pipe?”

Answer 4

Metaphor: he can see through their deceptive behaviour and asserting that they cannot manipulate him and “play him like a pipe”, treating him like a fool