![]() ![]() He hypothesizes that he might be entertaining self-defeat within himself. After losing several more times, Guildenstern begins to mull over some logical reasons for the events taking place. Guildenstern is not angry about the loss of the money, but is rather concerned at the improbability of a coin landing on heads over seventy times in a row: "A weaker man might be moved to re-examine his faith, if in nothing else at least in the law of probability." Rosencrantz does not share these same concerns, but is rather excited about the prospect of setting a new record of the most wins in a row. Having called heads several times in a row, Rosencrantz is winning the game and has a nearly full bag of coins. In this game, they bet on whether a tossed coin lands heads or tails. They are playing a game of spinning coins. The scene opens with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in a nondescript setting in Elizabethan dress. ![]()
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