![]() ![]() In his words, "death is not… It's the absence of presence, nothing more … the endless time of never coming back … a gap you can't see, and when the wind blows through it, it makes no sound …" (3.124). Guil wants the Player to realize the kind death he and Ros face. Angry and emotional (knowing that he is on the way to his own death), Guil attempts to teach the Player a lesson by stabbing him: to show him the difference between his acted deaths and real death. As he says, "You die a thousand casual deaths – with none of that intensity which squeezes out life … and no blood runs cold anywhere" (3.123). Guil is accusing the Player of not being able to capture death in his plays. First, Guil and the Player are arguing about death. We'll try to discuss a few of the more complicated aspects, but you might have other ideas to add, too. The ambassador announces that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, and Horatio makes his final speech. Then the lights go up on the closing scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet. The stage goes dark, leaving Guil and Ros side by side in the dark (not too different from the beginning). Let's start with a recap: The play ends with Guil attempting to stab the Player, who fakes his death only to stand up and reveal that the knife Guil used was a prop. ![]()
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