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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. _ as an outsider of the story. 9754007 Ivy Lee . 2009/11/11. Introduction. About the writer _ Tom Stoppard born on July 3, 1937. His family moved to Singapore in 1939 to escape the Nazis. Some of his play :. The Real Thing

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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  1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead _as an outsider of the story 9754007 Ivy Lee 2009/11/11

  2. Introduction • About the writer _Tom Stoppard • born on July 3, 1937. • His family moved to Singapore in 1939 to escape the Nazis.

  3. Some of his play : • The Real Thing • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead • Rough Crossing • Rough Crossing & On the Razzle • Separate Peace • Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay • Hapgood • If You're Glad I'll Be Frank • Indian Ink • The Invention of Love • Night and Day • The Real Inspector Hound • The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays

  4. About this play • first staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966 • two main characters : _minor characters from Hamlet _schoolmates and childhood friends of Hamlet • Story : • Focusing on their actions with the events of Hamlet as background. • important events are going on around them but who die without ever understanding them.

  5. The introduction in a website • Although the two people in the play are not much useful, the Prince quickly suspected them to be a spy. Then the King gave a secret order to murder Hamlet, who was away in the United Kingdom that time and hide his name. Then, the two characters died inexplicably behind the scene.

  6. Face book ! I could watch this every day and always find something new to love! • Now every time I see a version of Hamlet, my heart leaps up a little when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern first appear.

  7. Quick reflection • liketwo clowns • living their life of no purpose and no incomprehension of their situation.

  8. As an outsider of the story? • usually being an insider when we see a movie or play • Almost every detail can be found on the screen Used to be an insider

  9. When we go outside • have no understanding about what really happened even until they die! • unclear and inexplicable

  10. Brief reflection • interesting view • Not to be the main character.

  11. Reference material : • http://zh-hk.facebook.com/pages/Rosencrantz-and-Guildenstern-Are-Dead/33989335282?v=wall (the face book page of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead (wiki pedia ) • C.R.Reaske(1977). How to Analyze Drama. 林國源譯 <<戲劇的分析>>。書林書店 • William Shakespeare. Hamlet. 朱生豪譯 <<哈姆雷特>>

  12. Thank you for listening 

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