Read the excerpts from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom
Stoppard.
Excerpt 1
HAMLET. To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and, by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd.
How does Stoppard's portrayal of Hamlet differ from
Shakespeare's portrayal?
O Stoppard's Hamlet seems less angry than
Shakespeare's Hamlet.
O Stoppard's Hamlet seems more philosophical than
Shakespeare's Hamlet.
O Stoppard's Hamlet seems less dignified than
Shakespeare's Hamlet.
O Stoppard's Hamlet seems more aware of others than
Shakespeare's Hamlet.