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Paper #028249 :: Acting in Theatre
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A comparison of "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare and its spinoff Tom Stoppard's play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" with an emphasis on the theme of acting.

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This paper discusses how in both Tom Stoppard's play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" and the play it was based on, Shakespeare's "Hamlet", acting is a major theme and motif. It examines how especially in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead", acting signifies the falsity, absurdity and superficiality of life and therefore, acting and the staging of plays is a metaphor for living. It analyzes how both plays use acting to portray the futility and tragedy of life, but how "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" does so in an almost slapstick way. It looks at how Stoppard's play is a comedy that grossly exaggerates two minor characters in Shakespeare's "Hamlet". While Shakespeare shows how acting and drama can evoke deep emotional responses in people, as with Claudius' reaction to Hamlet's play in Act II, scene ii, Stoppard proves that plays can be purely meaningless.

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"The Players, or Tragedians in Shakespeare's Hamlet first appear in Act II, scene ii. Hamlet speaks to the troop of performers about staging a drama for the King so that Hamlet can entrap him. The general association of plays and emotionality is conveyed in this scene. Hamlet's main objective in staging "The Murder of Gonzago" is to show Claudius that he is aware of his murderous act. Hamlet hopes to evoke in Claudius an incriminating response and to inspire fear in him. The players and Hamlet speak of the efficacy of the Classical Greek tragedies. This conversation emphasizes how significant great works of drama are in providing archetypes and universal metaphors. Even the characters within a play, in this case within Shakespeare's play Hamlet notice the importance of play-acting. Hamlet, however, is caught up in the melodrama. In his soliloquy at the end of Act II, scene ii, he wonders how actors can feign emotion so well."

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