R&G Blog Act 3

I sure wouldn't want to be stranded on a boat, and have no idea what was going on. I would probably start hyperventilating. R and G are so used to crazy things happening, that instead of freaking out, they just start to question if they are really there or not.I especially liked Rosencrantz's quote, "Yes, it's lighter than it was. It'll be night soon...I suppose we'll have to go to sleep" (99). What chaos! Night being light! The only type of book in which this line would have any significance is in a postmodern book since it obviously displays disorder and chaos. Then I saw Guildenstern talking to the audience (which is metafiction), "One is free on a boat. For a time. Relatively" (101). I think that G is addressing his belief of life through the metaphor of the boat. There is a short life for us to fool around and do as we please, but it all comes to an end. That is for sure. Also, do we have free will? Is there a God who ultimately has a plan for us? Is there an end?

I liked Guildensterns humorous little lines throughout the book since they are constant and reliable, amidst all these confusing concepts. G says, "Give us this day our daily cue" (102).

I thought that Guildenstern's existentialist quote was significant. He states, "But you dont believe anything till it happens. And it has all happened. Hasnt it? " (108). This is SO existentialist that it blows your socks off. I'm glad to have finally found a clear quote that shows their existentialist point of view of only knowing by experience/happenings.Here we go with the wheel idea again. It rolled on back. Rosencrantz questions the outer force by saying, "I wish I was dead. I could jump over the side. That would put a spoke in their wheel" (108). So is THEIR, the outer force then? He wants to put a damper on his determined/ scripted life which would be out of character. Does life even mean anything to R? I've been thinking about that, and I'm not sure if he cares or not. Then we have the omniscient player who thinks "life is a gamble"(115) showing that our life is just a game of chance. Just like the game we played in class. We are all little pawns in the determined world. (my team won btw ) 8D
Rosencrantz figures that the only way to enjoy life is "be happy" (121). He recognizes that he needs to embrace the chaos and live his life how he likes.

To finish, R and G present some life questions:
G: "Who are we?" (122)R: "When did it begin?" (125)