Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Shakespeare’s Comic Relief As Shakespeare’s Hamlet is recounted from another point of view, in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a new sense of witty comedy is sprung forth from the classic play. In all actuality, the play is classified as a tragic comedy, because although the dialogue and flow of the play is one of a laid back comedy, the play does end in death. It’s …showed first 75 words of 470 total…

…showed last 75 words of 470 total…portentous, only his—a comic pornographer and a rabble of prostitutes.” These weren’t the only examples of comedy in the play, but I found that both of these were very similar in the elements that made them funny. In both cases, comedy was the result of ironic and witty dialogue. The play in general was funny, and I it just goes to show how any story can change due to a change in perspective.