Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Almost Wise

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Buddha once said, “The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve”. Rosencrantz (Ros) and Guildenstern (Guil) often search for explanations in all of life’s events as if they are trying to erode away all doubtful answers until they find just a singular right one. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are wise men because of the way that they interpret the events that life throws at them, always searching for answers of the unknown.

Ros and Guil constantly attempt to interpret the many events that life throws at them. While walking on a trail towards Hamlets kingdom, Ros and Guil play a game by flipping a coin and calling it, after Ros has won 89 times in a row, Guil says,

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“It must be indicative of something...list of possible explanations. I am the essence of a man spinning double headed coins, and betting against himself in private atonement for an unremembered past. Two. Time has stopped dead...Three. Divine intervention, that is to say, a good turn from the above concerning him. Four. A spectacular vindication of the principle that each individual coin spun individually.” (Stoppard 6)

Here Guil is puzzled by the phenomenon that has occurred in front of his eyes and draws up a philosophical list of possible answers to why this has occurred. Guil shows critical thought and intellect ...

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