Death is an intrinsic value to both Hamlet and Rosencratz and Guildestern are dead and is mentioned or alluded to at various parts of both plays. This inclusion reflects shows the effect death has on the human way of thinking and this is also revealed through both plays. Within Hamlet, Shakespeare’s use of the soliloquy and its ability to allow the viewer to gain insight to the human psyche gives rise to the importance of death. With Hamlet’s Shakespeare starting with the lines “ To be or not to be”, there are various references to the idea and value of death in a poetic and metaphorical form, “The undiscovered country, from whose bourn no traveler returns” forms an direct link to Hamlet’s concept of death, which is more specialized towards
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