Rosencrantz and Guilderstern

In Hamlet, the two are introduced to as former schoolmates of the title character. Because they can use their past connections with the prince to become intimates once again with Hamlet, they are commissioned by King Claudius to spy on Hamlet. In Shakespeare's play, Hamlet sends them to their death by altering a letter that they are carrying. The original letter called for Hamlet's death; the substitute letter calls for their own death and calls into question Hamlet's moral standing. His willingness to let two innocents (and two friends) be killed, like his treatment of Ophelia, suggest a man who is concerned only with his own fate and oblivious to the worth of others. Shakespeare lessens Hamlet's guilt in the eyes of the audience, at least to some extent, by giving us such a very brief glimpse of the two: We cannot mourn properly for them (or blame Hamlet fully for them) because we know so little about them.

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