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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Tom Stoppard

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Table of Contents

Analysis of Major Characters

Themes, Motifs & Symbols

Summary & Analysis

Act I: Beginning of Play to Entrance of Tragedians

Act I: Entrance of Tragedians to First Change of Lights

Act I: Change of Lights to End of Act

Act II: Beginning of Act to Entrance of Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, and Ophelia

Act II: Entrance of Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, and Ophelia to Change of Lights

Act II: Change of Lights to End of Act

Act III: Beginning of the Act until the Letter Switch

Act III: Morning until the End of the Play

Important Quotations Explained

Study Questions & Essay Topics

Suggestions for Further Reading

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