Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Quotations

Question 1

parallel phrasing depicts the duplication of the characters

Answer 1

Said by Claudius ‘Thanks Rosencrantz and Gentle Guildenstern’ and said by Gertrude ‘Thanks Guildenstern and gentle Rosencrantz’

Question 2

Guildenstern is more sycophantic and is ready to

Answer 2

‘lay our service freely at your feet’

Question 3

R+G agree to spy at the promise of a

Answer 3

‘king’s remembrance

Question 4

G easily admits to Hamlet why they are there

Answer 4

‘my lord we were sent for’

Question 5

G tells Claudius Hamlet is purposeful putting on madness to avoid the topic

Answer 5

‘but with craft madness keeps aloof’

Question 6

Hamlet says this to R+G - sycophantic nature, they suck up to his order, authority reward and countenance, they do what the king wants

Answer 6

‘To be demanded of a sponge, what replication should be made by the son of King’

Question 7

Hamlet says Claudius is using them but will eventually swallow them

Answer 7

‘keeps them like an ape in the corner of his jaw, first mouthed to last swallowed’