vey their messages in an appropriate manner. Stoppard appropriates from the original Hamlet, but at times speaks in an anachronism through these parts. An example of this is the talk of syllogisms and the theory of probability, which are generally topics from modern day literature, displaying the absurdity of it all.
             Stoppard has adopted the play to the newer society, with different values, beliefs and morals of the time in which he composed the play. This time frame presented us with a social revolution, that being a dramatic change in human views of the world. It was a time of questioning the status quo and challenging the system. People broke boundaries and went against conventions, and this non-conformist rebellion has emerged in Stoppards work. New ways of thinking have developed through three centuries of societal and political alterations, two world wars and times of hardship and depression.
             The 1960's also presented us with a society where people were irreverent. This concept has taken Stoppard to take one of, if not the most revered works of literature, Shakespeares Hamlet, and has 'played around with it', creating an explanation for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern being in Elsinore. Stoppard has transformed his play to make two of Hamlets bit characters the 'heroes' of his respective play.
             Both art works include the obvious parallel of including characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, but Stoppard has re-created these two 'unimportant nobodies' making their life the central focus. This is an important factor in the 20th century transformation as it is now a common style in modern literature to focus on the anti-hero, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern being these, the common person.
             In Hamlet they have little significance, simply being played and manipulated with by the King spying o
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