FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Guildenstern and Voltimand
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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Laertes and Rosencrantz
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Fortinbras and Voltimand
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rosencrantz and Guildenstern enter the play when Claudius (Hamlet’s uncle and the new King of Denmark) and Gertrude (Hamlet’s mother and Claudius’s new wife) send for them and ask them to keep an eye on Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-2: -Claudius has invited two of Hamlet’s college friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to Elsinore in the hope that they will be able to figure out what is bothering Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-3: -Claudius and Gertrude set Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two boyhood friends of Hamlet, to spy on him.
Detailed explanation-4: -King Claudius has summoned Hamlet’s two school chums to Elsinore to have them spy on the Prince and report back to Claudius, recounting Hamlet’s every move. The Queen promises them handsome compensation for their spying and assures them that Hamlet’s own good requires the service. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern agree.
Detailed explanation-5: -Polonius approaches Claudius and tells him he suspects Hamlet to be “mad in love”. Claudius decides to employ Hamlet’s friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern so that they would keep an eye on him. Hamlet was ecstatic when he met his friend, but he quickly realized that they were sent to spy on him.