Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz Guildenstern Are Dead

Existentialism is a school of philosophy founded in the mid twentieth century. The Internet Encyclopedia, under the title Situateduness, suppose I tried to exist as free, while pretending to be in abstraction from the situation. In that case I will have no idea what possibilities are open to me and what choices need to be made, here and now. It goes so far to say that, my body and its characteristics, my circumstances in a historical world, and my past, all weigh upon freedom. As people we must live in the moment or we lose the ability to put experiences into context. Tom Stoppard's work of Rosencrantz Guildenstern Are Dead has many existentialism views in each act.

A famous Existentialist named Soren Kierkegaard said; Life can only be understood …show more content…
The bulk of their conversation on page 57 said, He murdered us. Oh our evasions were lovely. Were you sent for? He says. My lord, we were sent for … 27 questions he got out in 10 minutes, and he answered three. They were disgraced by how little information they actually gleamed from him. All they new was that he was depressed but, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were told to help him so they stayed. Which connects to Kranz Kafka's quote on existentialism, From a certain point onward there is on turning back. That is the point that must be reached. From this point, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were on this path, nevertheless could they have still gotten out of death. They only knew at that moment they had failed the king and queen. The Player seems to have all of the knowledge Rosencrantz and Guildenstern seek from their death beds. On page 66 he foreshadows the future, I should concentrate on not losing your heads because their death sentence was being hanged. The only gab in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's mind is weather or not they have hit the point of no turning back. Hamlet, however acted out again so the king and queen gave Rosencrantz and Guildenstern a letter to present to the English court ordering Hamlet's death. On page 88 they offered each other a warning, we ought to stick together; he might be violent. Both of them reflected from death right before the curtain closes on the second act on page 95, If we ever come back. We don’t want to come back.That very well be true, but do we want to go? We'll be free. All of their knowledge led them to that point of no turning back. They will take Hamlet to the English court and then it will be done. Now that they are dead did they see that as the one point they could have changed to