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Tom Stoppard's play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, draws on two previous theatrical works: Shakespeare's Hamlet and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead follows the "off-stage" exploits of two minor characters from Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. While the two main characters in Stoppard's play occasionally make brief appearances in "Hamlet," as scripted in Shakespeare's original tragedy, the majority of the play takes place in other parts of the castle where Hamlet is set. While "off stage" in this way, the characters resemble the main characters in the absurdist Waiting for Godot. As in Beckett's play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern pass the time by impersonating other characters, engaging in word play, and remaining silent for long periods of time. These same two characters were also featured in a parody of Hamlet, the short comic play by W. S. Gilbert entitled Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Gilbert's play makes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern into central characters and alters the storyline of Hamlet.

According to this passage, Tom Stoppard
dislikes Shakespeare
is a playwright
wants fame
reads many books

Answer 1

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Answer 2

According to this passage, Tom Stoppard is a playwright who reads many books .

Explanation:

• Tom Stoppard is a renowned playwright internationally acclaimed for his plays.
• In the given passage we find he is well-versant in works of two of the world's greatest playwrights- William Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett.
• Borrowing the names of two characters from Shakespeare's masterpiece- Hamlet and juxtaposing them on the two iconic tramps-Vladimir and Estragon of Beckett's Magnum opus -Waiting for Godot, he creates the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
• It may thus be inferred that Stoppard is undoubtedly a talented and well read playwright.
• His readings habits lead us to conclude that he has read many books.

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