I liked the comment that Rosencranz and Gildenstern had no destination. It seems so fitting for characters who have no purpose to die without getting anywhere.
They have no destination.
They are given a purpose, but they die without ever fulfilling it.
Their existence is meaningless. They accomplished nothing.
They got nowhere, they did nothing, they were nobody.
Another thing: Rosencranz/Gildenstern said "we went wrong by getting on a boat", but they had no choice - they were suddenly on the boat, put there without any say in the matter. It's like their existence; they didn't get to choose when or why they existed, they were just put into existence. Then, they die without reaching their destination.
The movie is called Rosencranz and Gildenstern are Dead. However, it's only true at the end of the movie (that they are physically dead). So why not call it "Rosencranz and Gildenstern Die", as in it's something that the rest of the movie leads up to?
Does that mean they were dead throughout the entire movie? They never lived at all? Life without purpose is no life at all?
Rosencranz and Gildenstern are Dead.
~Scribbles
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