Chapter 3 Causes of Strange Scientific Phenomena

causes of strange scientific phenomena (1) Rosencrantz -- I'm so confused -- Guilderstern - babble, woohoo - ROSENCRANZ (screaming)--I'm uncomfortable I don't understand! --Let me tell you, all these will stop at an end, all portend an abyss, all advance to a climax, all advance to a dead end-- Guilder Stern (like a nanny): Look at you!We'll be back home soon, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—" Wife"--or--"house"--because when you write it down, you can't remember ever seeing those strokes arranged like that before...?

Rosencrantz I remember-- Guilderstern what? Rosencrantz I remember when there was no problem before. Guilderstern has always had problems, and it's not a big deal to swap one type of problem for another. Rosencrantz answer, yes.There are answers to everything. Guilderstein, you forgot. ROSENCRANZ (angrily) I haven't forgotten--I used to remember my own name--and yours, oh yes!Wherever you look, there is an answer.There's no question about that -- people know who I am, and if they don't, they'll ask, and we'll tell them our names. Guilderstern indeed.The problem is, every answer -- sounds plausible, if not intuitive.You've been so close to reality all your life that it's a permanent blur in the corner of your eyes.Even if it gets a little silhouette for something, you'll feel like you're being ambushed by a monster.In the half-dark, half-dead morning a man in the saddle tapped on the shutter and called two names.He too is but a hat and cloak floating in the gray mist of his own breath, but when he calls, we come.That's for sure - here we come.

Rosencrantz Enough, I can tell you, I'm sick of it, I don't care if it's one way or another, why don't you make up your own mind? Guilderstern, we can't do such arbitrary things, and we didn't come all this way for a naming ceremony.All of that -- it happened before us.But comparatively speaking, we are lucky, as long as we choose one of the two names, we don’t need to sift through the big field of human names, like two blind men scrambling at the market, so as to find our own. portrait-- Rosencrantz So from now on-- Guilderstern - but no choice. Rosencrantz, you just made me look ridiculous there.

GUIL: I look as ridiculous as you. [Rosencrantz (crying in pain) I only ask for consistency! Guilderstern (lower, wry rhetoric) Makes us like today. ] ROSENCRANZ (voice suddenly drops) I want to go home. (walks around) Where did we come from?I have no sense of direction. Guilderstern's only beginning is birth, and his only end is death—if you can't count on that, what can you expect? (They get back together again.) Rosencrantz None of us owe anything. Guilderstern We're hooked.The slightest movement of yours can inspire another movement elsewhere, and be inspired by it at the same time.Open your eyes, prick up your ears.Walk carefully and follow directions.we'll be fine.

[How long will it take Rosencrantz? Guilder Stern until it all came to fruition.There is logic to everything - it's all done for you, don't worry.cheer up.relax.Stretch out your hand and let someone lead you, like a child, even a child who is no longer innocent - it's like you've been rewarded and brought back to childhood when you never expected it.Is this a reward for doing well, or compensation for never being rewarded - am I contradicting myself? Rosencrantz I can't remember] ... What should we do next? Guilder Stern has been told by others.Changes in Hamlet, what do you remember?

Rosencrantz Oh, he's changed, hasn't he?Neither outside nor inside he looked like-- Guilderstern make him happy -- find out what's bugging him. Rosencrantz wasn't just because of his father's death -- GUIL: He talks about us a lot—there's nothing in the world he likes more than the two of us. Rosencrantz, let's get him back together -- see what the hell is going on. Guilderstern is not bad at all.Ask the right questions, try not to talk too much, and that's it.It's a game. Rosencrantz So we can go? Guilderstern, and will certainly receive a royal tribute.

Rosencrantz I love hearing that.What do you mean by his "grand thanks"? Guilderstern he will not forget his friend. Rosencrantz, what do you think? Guilderstern it's hard to say, really - some kings are forgetful, others I think - quite the opposite, whatever it is... Rosencrantz Yes - but - ①It is said that elephants are very memorized--annotation.Guilderstern, like an elephant, never forgets...①? Rosencrantz not how long--how much? Guilderstern kept a record--he was a king with a good record, a recorder of royal events... Rosencrantz what are you doing? Guilderstern Words, words, only by them can we go on.

(pause.) Causes of strange scientific phenomena (2) Rosencrantz Are we supposed to do something -- meaningful? Guilderstern, what are you thinking? --[A short and bald pyramid-shaped human tower...? ] Rosencrantz we can go. Where is Guilderstern? Rosencrantz went to him. Guilderstern why?They've already positioned us - if we start moving around, we'll be chasing each other all night. (interrupted.) Rosencrantz (by the footlights) What fun! (turns around) I feel like a spectator--that's a shocking thing.The only thing that can make it bearable is my irrational belief that an interesting person is coming soon...

Guilder Stern Who did you see?Rosencrantz did not.How about you? Guilderstern did not. (at the footlights) What a way to torment someone -- to interest a man without making him understand... (pause) We haven't practiced yet. Rosencrantz We can ask questions. What good is that for Guilderstern? Rosencrantz practice! Guilderstern statement! - than zero. Rosencrantz cheated! What happened to Guilderstern? Rosencrantz I haven't started yet. Guilderstern declarative sentences.Two to zero. Rosencrantz, are you counting the score? Guilderstern what? Rosencrantz, are you counting the score?

Foul by Guilderstern!Cannot be repeated.Three to zero.The first game is... Rosencrantz I won't play with you if that's what you want. Who should Guilderstern start? Rosencrantz ah? Foul by Guilderstern!Can't hum and chirp.Zero to one. Who should Rosencrantz be? Guilderstern why? Why not Rosencrantz? Guilderstern for what? Foul by Rosencrantz!No synonyms!A flat. Guilderstern For God's sake, what is this going to do? Foul by Rosencrantz!There can be no rhetoric.Two to one. What's the point of Guilderstern doing this? Rosencrantz Can't you guess? Guilderstern are you talking to me?

Rosencrantz Anyone else? Guilderstern who? Rosencrantz How do I know? GUIL Why do you ask? Rosencrantz are you serious? Guilderstern Is that rhetorical? Rosencrantz was not. Guilderstern declarative sentences.Erping.game point. Rosencrantz how are you today? When is Guilderstern? Rosencrantz what? Guilderstern, are you deaf? Rosencrantz Am I dead? Guilderstern yes or no? Does Rosencrantz have a choice? Does Guilderstern have a God? Foul by Rosencrantz!Can't but reason from the premise!Three to two.Each wins a game. GUIL (seriously) What's your name? How about you Rosencrantz? Causes of strange scientific phenomena (3) Guilderstern, let me ask you first. Rosencrantz declarative sentences.One to zero. Guilderstern What was your name at home? How about you Rosencrantz? Guilderstern I 1 at home? Was Rosencrantz any different when he was at home? Guilderstern what home? Rosencrantz Don't you? GUIL Why do you ask? Rosencrantz What do you mean? GUIL (emphasis) What's your name? ! Rosencrantz repeat!Two to zero.My match point. GUIL (grabbing him violently) Who do you think you are? Rosencrantz Rhetoric!competition is over! (Pause) When will it be over? Guilderstern That's a problem. [Rosencrantz is a problem. Guilderstern, do you think it matters? Does Rosencrantz matter to you? Guilderstern Why does it have to matter? Rosencrantz why doesn't it matter? GUIL (teasing gently) Doesn't it matter why? ROSENCRANZ (scorching) What's the matter with you? ①The "things" here and the "relationship" between upper and lower are both expressed by the polysemous word matter in the original play--annotation. (pause.) Guilderstern is okay. Rosencrantz (voice in the wilderness)... what is the game? What is Guilderstern's rule? ] (Hamlet enters from behind. Across the stage, reading a book--is about to disappear when GUIL notices him, loudly) ROSENCRANZ! Rosencrantz (jumping up) What's up! (Exit Hamlet. They realize victory and smile.) Look, Guilderstern, how is it? Rosencrantz is smart! Guilderstern was born with ? Rosencrantz instinctively. Guilderstern understands now?Rosencrantz I take my hat off to you. Guilderstern shook hands. (They shake hands.) Rosencrantz Now I'll try you -- Jill --! Guilderstern - not yet well - wants to take advantage of my inattention. Rosencrantz OK. (They part, pause, and turn sideways to Guilderstern) Ready? GUIL (screaming) Don't be so stupid! Rosencrantz sorry. (pause.) Guilderstein (suddenly) Guilderstein! Rosencrantz (jumps up) What's the matter? (He immediately becomes dejected, and Guilderstern looks disgusted.) Guilderstern I just ask for consistency! [Rosencrantz (calmly) I just ask for immortality... Guilderstern (slowly lowering his voice) Let's be like today every week...] (Drums.) Who is Rosencrantz? GUIL: Don't you know him? Rosencrantz He doesn't know me. GUIL He didn't see you. Rosencrantz I didn't see him. Guilderstern We'll see.I could hardly recognize him, he had changed. Rosencrantz, can you see that? Guilderstern has changed too much. Rosencrantz How do you know? Guilderstern inside and out. Rosencrantz I see. Guilderstern is a different person than before. Rosencrantz he has changed. Causes of strange scientific phenomena (4) Guilderstern, I see it. (drumbeat) Find out what's bothering him. Rosencrantz me? Guilder Stern him. How about Rosencrantz? Guilderstern asked and answered.The old way is the best way. Rosencrantz he was distressed. Guilderstern You ask, I answer. Rosencrantz He's very wrong, you know that. ①The original text is "Hesnothimself", which literally means "he is not himself", and the extended meaning is "he is very wrong, not in a normal state".Rosencrantz used the latter meaning, while Guilder Stern heard the former meaning--Annotation.Guilderstern I am him, you understand. (Drums.) Rosencrantz Who am I? Guilderstern You are yourself. Rosencrantz is he you? Guilder Stern is not at all. Rosencrantz Are you troubled? That's what Guilderstern means.are you ready? Rosencrantz Let's go back and talk about it. Guilderstern I am very distressed. Rosencrantz I see. Guilder Stern finds out what's bothering me. Rosencrantz is right. Guilderstern asked and answered. How did Rosencrantz start? Guilderstern greets me.Rosencrantz, dear Guilderstern! GUIL (quietly) Have you forgotten? Rosencrantz, my dear Rosencrantz! GUIL (controlling vigorously) I don't think you quite understand.What we have to do now is to assume that I will answer for him, and you will ask me questions. O Rosencrantz!are you ready? Guilderstern, do you know what to do? Rosencrantz what? Guilderstern are you stupid? Rosencrantz sorry, what did you say? Guilderstern, are you deaf? Rosencrantz Did you speak just now? GUIL: (advising) Don't now-- Rosencrantz declarative sentences. GUIL (shouting) Not now! (Pause, they sit apart) Maybe he'll come back this way. Rosencrantz Should we go? Guilderstern why? (pause.) Rosencrantz (suddenly understands. Snaps his fingers) Oh!You mean -- you pretend to be him, and I'll ask you questions. Guilderstern (coldly) is fine. Rosencrantz you are confusing me. Guilderstern, I see it. Rosencrantz How do I start? Guilderstern greeted me. (They stand facing each other, posing.) Rosencrantz My esteemed highness! Guilderstern, my dear Rosencrantz! (pause.) Rosencrantz So I'm going to pretend it's you? Guilderstern, of course not.if you are willing to.shall we continue? Rosencrantz asked questions and answered. Guilderstern is right. Rosencrantz is right.My Honorable Highness! Guilderstern, my dear companion! Rosencrantz how are you? Guilderstern was distressed. Causes of strange scientific phenomena (5) Rosencrantz for real?what happened? Guilderstern has changed drastically. Has Rosencrantz changed inside and out? Guilderstern is right. Rosencrantz I see. (pause) Nothing new. Guilderstern goes into detail, goes in-depth, investigates the background, builds a scenario. Rosencrantz So—so, your uncle is the King of Denmark? Guilderstern came before him, and so did my father. Rosencrantz preceded him by his father. Guilderstern No, my father came before him. Rosencrantz But sure-- Guilder Stern You better ask questions. Rosencrantz made me figure this out.Your father was a king.You are his only son.Your father is dead.You are an adult.Your uncle is king. Guilderstern Yes. Rosencrantz has no rules. Guilderstein was helpless. Rosencrantz couldn't deny it.where were you Guilderstern in Germany. Rosencrantz usurped power then? Guilderstern took advantage of his surprise. Rosencrantz This reminds me. Guilderstern obviously will. Rosencrantz I don't want to get too personal. Everyone knows Guilderstern. Rosencrantz your mother's marriage. Guilderstern took advantage of his surprise. (Drums.) Rosencrantz (sorrowful) His body is still warm. Guilderstern hers too. Rosencrantz was so unusual. Guilderstern is so disgraceful. Rosencrantz was in too much of a hurry. Guilderstern is too suspicious. Rosencrantz got you thinking. Guilderstein Don't think I didn't think of that. Rosencrantz with her husband's brother. Guilderstern they are very close. Rosencrantz she went to him-- Guilderstern is too close-- Rosencrantz -- seeking comfort. Guilderstern doesn't look good. Rosencrantz added to the crime. Guilderstern, this is incest plus adultery. Rosencrantz, would you go so far? Guilderstern never would. Rosencrantz Let's sum it up: your beloved father is dead, you are his heir, and you come back to find your father's body still alive when his brother ascended the throne and crawled into his bed.This is not only illegal, but also against human ethics.So why on earth do you have such abnormal behavior? Guilderstern [I can't imagine! ] (pause) But all of this is known, shared.Yet he sent someone to call us, and we came. ROSENCRANZ (alert, ears pricked up) I say!I hear music-- Guilderstern here we come. Rosencrantz -- it seems to be a band -- I think I heard a band playing. Guilder Stern Rosencrantz... Causes of strange scientific phenomena (6) ROSENCRANZ (absent, still listening) What? (A brief pause.) GUILDESTERN (teasing mildly) GUILDESTERN-- Rosencrantz (annoyed by the repetition) What are you doing? Guilderstern, you can't hear the difference at all? ROSENCRANZ (turns around dully) What? (pause.) Guilderstern went to see if he was there. Rosencrantz who? Guilderstern there. ROSENCRANZ (walks to the front wing, looks, returns, reports sternly) There. What is Guilderstern doing? Rosencrantz (repeats just now) speaks. Guilderstern said to himself? (Rosencrantz starts to go again, Guilderstern interrupts him impatiently) Is he alone? Rosencrantz was not. Guilderstern is not talking to himself then, is he? Rosencrantz didn't tell himself, I think he was going this way. (quickly) Should we go? Guilderstern why?Anyway, they saw us. (Enter Hamlet, walking backwards, talking, Polonius follows, from backstage. Rosencrantz and Guilderstern, occupying the two corners of the foreground, look at the backstage.) Hamlet... Take yourself, sir, if you could backtrack like a crab, you'd be about as old as I am. Polonius (narrator) These are crazy words, but they have a deep meaning. --Would you like to go in, my lord?Don't let the wind blow! Hamlet into my grave? Polonius is really a place where the wind doesn't blow. (Hamlet walks across the stage to the backstage exit, Polonius has been narrating something, can't hear clearly, until) Your Highness, I want to ask your permission to say goodbye to you. Hamlet I am more than happy to have anything you want from me, except my life, except my life, except my life... POLONIUS (crossing the stage) Take care, Your Highness. (to Rosencrantz) You're looking for His Royal Highness Hamlet, that's over there. ROSENCRANZ (to Polonius): God bless you, my lord. (Exit Polonius.) GUIL (calling to Hamlet in the background) My noble lord! Rosencrantz My dearest lord! (Hamlet, in the middle of the background, turns to face them.) Hamlet My excellent friends!Is everything all right, Guilderstein? (Walking towards the front desk, reaching out to Rosencrantz, Guilderstern bows at the same time, but Hamlet does not greet him. Hamlet corrects, still to Rosencrantz) Oh, Rosenkrantz Lanz! (They laugh, scornful of the mistake. They meet in the middle of the stage and go backstage to talk, Hamlet in the middle with his hands on their shoulders) How are you two, boys? (Lights off) Scene 2 Hamlet, Rosencrantz, and Guilderstern talk, continuing from previous scene.As the three move about, their conversation is at first somewhat indistinct, and the first clear words are those of Hamlet.He's wrapping up a short monologue. --See Shakespeare Act II, scene two. Hamlet Hum, there is something unreasonable in this, maybe philosophy can figure it out. (The trumpets of the tragedies play coloratura.) Guilderstern and his troupe are here. Hamlet Gentlemen, welcome to Elsinore.Give me your hands; (he shakes both hands) I should welcome you, according to the common etiquette.Let me not be rude to you, because when these actors come, I have to give them a little perfunctory. Maybe you will misunderstand when you see them, thinking that I have not entertained you as much as I have entertained them.I welcome you. (preparing to leave) But my uncle, father, aunt, and mother got it wrong. What is Guilderstern mistaken, my good lord? Hamlet When the wind blows from the northwest, I am ill; I don't take an eagle for a heron when the wind blows from the south. (Enter Polonius, Guilderstern goes away.) Polonius Bless you, gentlemen! Hamlet (to Rosencrantz) Listen, Guilderstern, (uncertainly, to Guilderstern) Listen to me too; both stand beside me, hear me say: you see The older child in my life is still in his infancy and has not yet learned to walk... (He takes Rosencrantz backstage to speak.) Your Highness Polonius, I have news to report to you. Causes of strange scientific phenomena (7) Hamlet (releasing Rosencrantz, imitating) I have news for you, Your Highness.When Rogers acted in Rome... (Rosencrantz walks back to the front to join Guilderstern.) POLONIUS (exit with HAMLET) The mummers have come here, my lord. Hamlet Whoops, whoops! (Exit Hamlet, Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guilderstern ponder. Neither will speak first.) Guilderstern Huh? Rosencrantz ah? Guilderstern what? Rosencrantz I thought you... Guilderstern did not. Rosencrantz Oh. (pause.) Guilder Stern I think we can say we're making some progress. Rosencrantz What do you think? Guilderstern I think we can say that. Rosencrantz I think we could say he made both of us look ridiculous. Guilderstern Of course we've been keeping it quiet. ROSENCRANZ (sarcastically) "Ask, answer. The old way is the best way!" He played us around and made us feel bad. Guilderstern maybe once or twice he caught our weaknesses, but I think we also gained. Rosencrantz (directly) He murdered us. Guilder Stern may have the guts. Rosencrantz (inflamed) Twenty-seven to three, you think he might have the guts? !He murdered us. GUIL: What about our evasion? Rosencrantz Oh, we shrug off beautifully. "Are you sent?" he asked. "My lord, we are here..." I didn't even know where to hide. Guilderstern He has six rhetorical questions... Rosencrantz This is indeed a question answer.He asked twenty-seven questions in ten minutes and answered only three.I am waiting for you to ask him deeply. "When did he ask him deeply?" I asked myself. Guilder Stern -- and two repetitions. Rosencrantz There is hardly a single question between us that would give us the lead. Guilderstern We know his symptoms, don't we? Rosencrantz half of what he said meant something else, and the other half meant nothing. Guilderstern's ambitions thwarted -- depressed.That's my diagnosis. Rosencrantz asked six rhetorical questions, repeated two, and we answered fifteen of the remaining nineteen.But what did we discover?He is depressed! ...Denmark is a prison, and he'd rather live in a nutshell.He alludes vaguely to the nature of ambition without going into specifics.He ended up asking a very direct and possibly interesting question, only to remark that he could tell the difference between a hawk and a heron. (pause.) Guilderstern when the wind blows from the south. [Rosencrantz and the weather is fine. He couldn't tell if the weather was bad for Guilderstern. Rosencrantz is at the mercy of nature. ] (licking finger, holding up - facing the audience) Is the wind blowing from the south? (They stare at the audience.) Guilderstern doesn't look like Southerly, why would you think so? Rosencrantz I didn't say I thought so. [As far as I know it may be the north wind. Guilderstern I don't think so. Rosencrantz If you want to be so self-righteous, it's up to you. Guilderstern, etc. - According to an approximate map, we probably came from the south. Rosencrantz I see.So where did we come in from? (GUILERSTERN looks around absently) Approximate direction. GUIL (clears throat) In the morning the sun comes out in the east, I think we can assume that. Rosencrantz assumes it's morning? Guilderstern If it were, the sun would be there, (facing the audience, to his right) for example, over there -- (in front) would be the north.On the other hand, if it's not morning, and the sun is there (to his left) - there's still (guilt) north. (beginning to get a little clue) In other words, if we walked over there (front) and it was morning, the sun would be over there (to his left).And if the sun is actually there (to his right), and it is morning, then we must be coming from there (behind him).If that is south (to his left) and the sun is actually there (in front), then it is afternoon.But if all else fails-- Rosencrantz Why don't you go and see for yourself? Guilderstern empiricism? -- that's all you can propose? [It seems that you don't know where we are standing now!You'll find that the answer won't be written in the bowl of the compass - I can tell you that. (pause) Besides, you wouldn't be able to tell that at the northernmost end--it might be pitch black there. ] Rosencrantz I just wanted to say that the position of the sun, if it is already out, gives you an approximate idea of ​​time; and vice versa, if the clock is running, it also gives you an approximate sense of where the sun is Location.I forgot which point you were trying to make. Guilderstern I want to prove the direction of the wind. Causes of strange scientific phenomena (8) There's no wind here at Rosencrantz.In terms of airflow, there is. Guilderstein Well, I want to confirm its origin.Follow it to its source, and that might give us a rough idea of ​​which direction we came in--and thus give us a rough idea of ​​where the south is. Rosencrantz airflow is blown up from the ground. (he watches the ground carefully) It's not the south, is it? Guilderstern That's not the direction.Lick your toes and shake them. Rosencrantz (considering the distance between the feet) No, I think you should lick it for me. (pause.) Guilderstern I'm not going to talk about that subject. [Rosencrantz or I can lick yours. Guilderstern No thanks. Rosencrantz I can even shake it for you. GUIL (Gripping Rosencrantz by the throat) What the hell have you seen? Rosencrantz just wanted to be friendly. ] GUIL (releasing) Somebody might be coming.After all, that's what we're counting on.The same is true in the end. (Long pause.) While Rosencrantz was probably panicking, they trampled each other to death.Yell at them, tease them, tease them. The Guilderstern wheels are already rolling, they have a pace of their own, and we have to... accept that.Each step is determined by the previous one - that's what order is all about.If we start to act recklessly, there will only be chaos; at least, let's hope so.Because if we happen to, just happen to discover, or even just suspect, that our autonomous actions are part of their order, we'll know we've lost. (sitting down) A Tang Dynasty Chinese -- a philosopher by the standards of the time -- once dreamed that he was a butterfly, and since then he has never been sure if he was a butterfly dreaming of himself It's a Chinese philosopher's butterfly.Envy him; he's got double protection. (Long pause. Rosencrantz jumps to his feet and yells at the audience.) Rosencrantz is on fire! GUIL (jumping up) Where? Rosencrantz is okay - I'm just demonstrating the abuse of free speech and proving that it exists. (He looks contemptuously in the direction of the audience - and in other directions, then looks forward again) Nothing happens.They deserved to be burned alive. (He takes out a coin, tosses it, then, looking, changes it) What is Guilderstern? Rosencrantz what? Guilderstern head or tail? Rosencrantz Oh, I didn't watch it. Guilderstern No, you read. Rosencrantz Oh yes? (He takes out a coin and examines it carefully) Yes--sounds familiar. Guilder Stern What's the last thing you remember? Rosencrantz I don't even want to think about it. GUIL: We came to the bridge, we crossed it, we burned it down.Apart from the memory of the smell of the smoke from the burning of the bridge, and the assumption that our eyes were once wet, there is nothing to remind us as we move forward. (Rosencrantz walks happily toward him, holding a coin between thumb and forefinger. He covers the coin with his other hand, then separates his fists and gestures to GUIL. GUIL After thinking for a while, indicating the left hand, Rosencrantz opened his hand: there is nothing inside.) Rosencrantz was not. (Repeat the process. Guilder Stern gestures for the left hand. Rosencrantz opens his hand, but there is nothing in it) Twice cheated! (Repeat process - Guilderstern taps one hand, then quickly taps the other. Rosencrantz inadvertently reveals that both hands are empty. Guilderstern looks backstage Walking away, Rosencrantz laughed. Rosencrantz stopped laughing, looked around his feet, patted his clothes, puzzled. The entrance of Polonius broke the dullness, followed by the tragic actor and Hamlet.) Polonius (enter) Come, gentlemen. Hamlet Come with him, my friends.We will watch a play tomorrow. (The narrator talks to the last actor among the actors) Did you hear me?old friend?Can you play "Gonzago Murder"? An actor can, my lord. Hamlet We come to the play tomorrow night.I'll write a paragraph of fifteen or sixteen lines of dialogue, and you'll have to add it.Let's practice hard, shall we? Good morning, my lord. Hamlet is fine.Follow the grown-up.Be careful not to mock him. (The actor exits after Polonius. The player walks past the stage, noticing Rosencrantz and GUILDESTERN. Stop. Hamlet also passes the stage, greets them, but does not stop.) See you tonight my good friends.Welcome to Elsinore. Rosencrantz Yes, Your Highness. (Exit Hamlet.) Guilderstern says so you've caught up. PLAYER (coldly) Not yet, sir. GUIL Beware of your tongue, or we'll pull it out and throw you away, like nightingales at a Roman feast. Rosencrantz That's exactly what I was trying to say. You will have nothing to say, Guilderstern. Rosencrantz You will be tongue-tied. Guilderstern is like the mute in the monologue. Rosencrantz was like a nightingale at a Roman feast.