Read the excerpts from Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard.Excerpt 1[GERTRUDE] Good gentlemen, >he hath much talk’d of you,And sure I am two men there are not livingTo whom he more adheres. If it will please youTo show us so much gentry and good willAs to expend your time with us awhile,For the supply and profit of our hope,Your visitation shall receive such thanksAs fits a king’s remembrance.Excerpt 2GUIL Exactly, it’s a matter of asking the right questions and giving away as little as we can. It’s a game.ROS And then we can go?GUIL And receive such thanks as fits a king’s remembrance.ROS I like the sound of that. What do you think he means by remembrance?GUIL He doesn’t forget his friends.ROS Would you care to estimate?GUIL Difficult to say, really—some kings tend to be amnesiac, others I suppose—the opposite, whatever that is. . . .ROS Yes—but—GUIL Elephantine . . . ?ROS Not how long—how much?GUIL Retentive—he’s a very retentive king, a royal retainer . . .