In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, both the main characters are represented as average men. However, Rosencrantz is the easygoing type of man who happily continues to flip coins without worrying about the strange occurrence in which the coin continues to land heads up. He spends most of the play confused with little concern to their situation or given surroundings, how they got there or why they are there to begin with. Such traits lead to his friend, Guildenstern, believing that he's unwilling to think deeply or philosophically like he does about their current epidemic. Yet, throughout parts of the novel one can see how Rosencrantz is much more complicated than he is depicted to be. Though in the start of the play, he is shown as a simple, carefree lad, who has no concern at all for what's going around him. He later proves to be more complex and begins to assess situations in a similar philosophical manner as Guildenstern normally does.
Rosencrantz is depending on Guildenstern to comfort him while he tries to make him happy by letting him win betting games to cheer him up. Rosencrantz has no interest in learning more about his duties and/or his existence which is why he seems so clueless throughout the play. When Guildenstern ask what the purpose of his life is and why they are there, Rosencrantz simply ignores him. He likes to be told what to do by the “king”, which to him is how the world works, meanwhile Guildenstern want things explained to him. And even though Rosencrantz seems like he’s never concerned, he begins to worry when he realizes that they were going to die.
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