Read the excerpts from Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard.Excerpt 1[CLAUDIUS.] . . . Something have you heardOf Hamlet’s transformation; so I call it,Since nor the exterior nor the inward manResembles that it was. What it should beMore than his father’s death, that thus hath put himSo much from the understanding of himself,I cannot dream of: I entreat you both,That, being of so young days brought up with him,And since so neighbour’d to his youth and humour,That you vouchsafe your rest here in our courtSome little time; so by your companiesTo draw him on to pleasures, and to gather,So much as from occasion you may glean,Whe’r aught to us unknown afflicts him thus,That, open’d, lies within our remedy.Excerpt 2GUIL We have been briefed. Hamlet’s transformation. What do you recollect?ROS Well, he’s changed, hasn’t he? The exterior and inward man fails to resemble—GUIL Draw him on to pleasures—glean what afflicts him.ROS Something more than his father’s death—GUIL He’s always talking about us—there aren’t two people living whom he dotes on more than us.ROS We cheer him up—find out what’s the matter—GUIL Exactly, it’s a matter of asking the right questions and giving away as little as we can. It’s a game.