ESSAY Four centuries divide the composition of the texts in this elective. With close reference to the texts suggest reasons for the continued popularity of both plays. Reasons for the continued popularity of “Hamlet the Prince of Denmark” by William Shakespeare and “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” by Tom Stoppard are the characters that both plays have, the language and humour used by both playwrights and the audiences they cater for. “Hamlet the Prince of …showed first 75 words of 1903 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1903 total…in writing are accepted. Reasons for the continued popularity of both “Hamlet the Prince of Denmark” by William Shakespeare and “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” by Tom Stoppard are the characters in which both authors portray, the language and humour which is suited to all those people who are intrigued or find easy to understand and the audiences they where written for as a wider range of genre is available and accepted in todays society.