First things first. I realized that I have been spelling Rosencrantz’s name wrong the whole time. Instead of calling him Ros I have been calling him Roz. Sorry everyone!
Okay so before I even started reading this part I knew exactly what was going to happen. There had been so much foreshadowing and it was completely obvious that Ros and Guild were going to die. I mean the title of the book is even called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are DEAD!!!! So how could they not die in the last part of the book? Also, Hamlet was supposed to be sent to England to die but Ros and Guild were sent in his place, so it was obvious that they were going to be the ones to die. I think this ties into what we were talking about in class today. We were talking about how there had to be some sort of closing to Hamlet and we all decided that more people had to die for all of the stories to end. Ros and Guild are about to die to finish off their little part of the story that they are in.
Throughout the whole play Ros and Guild have mentioned life and death a lot. I find it ironic how they talk about it so much and then in the end they both die. I don’t like how we didn’t know how Hamlet ends yet and then in the end of this book it shows us!!
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phillipsr1
// May 14, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Liz! I was in government and finishing the last few pages of the book today while we were watching a movie and spoke out loud when they gave away the ending. I think it is good though that we have learned to not really look at the plot but rather the context of the story and look through our “lens’s ” to understand what is going on. I no longer read for the story but rather why it was written the way it was. It is strange but it was probably why I wasn’t so mad when they flat out told us what was going to happen. Also I agree that today was a good day to discuss what we did because it did deal with our reading.
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captainrossbarnett
// May 18, 2009 at 5:28 am
Yep i thought the fact they were going to die was obvious too but i thought the way it came about was interesting. The letter thing was very cool to see from R&G’s point of view because it was almost like they changed their destiny. kinda cool, kinda confusing.
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