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This paper discusses the Tom Stoppard play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead", about actors in a non-existent play. The author's thesis is that while the characters often attempt to create themselves -- to bring themselves to life -- their lives are ultimately an abstract form of death. The paper supports this sense of limbo in the character's actions, emotions and philosophy, providing support for his thesis by quoting lines from the play.

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"The notion of limbo is supported by the fact that the play's action occurs "in a place without any visible character." (p. 12) As Stoppard gives us no particular landmarks, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern exist both everywhere and nowhere. In addition, neither of them have any memory of the past or any normal human requirements, such as the need for food and sleep. The only time they mention sleep in fact, is also the only time they are able to recall a past experience."

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