What happens to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are characters who are childhood friends of the titular character, Prince Hamlet. They are summoned to the court of Denmark by King Claudius, who hopes to use them to discover the cause of Hamlet's strange behavior.

Throughout the play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern serve as confidantes and spies for the king and queen, but they are ultimately unable to uncover the truth about Hamlet's behavior.

In the final act of the play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are killed by the order of Prince Hamlet. The exact details of their deaths are not specified in the text, but it is implied that they were executed for being accomplices in the plotting against Hamlet.

Here’s the relevant passage from Hamlet:

QUEEN

To draw apart the body he hath killed,

O'er whom his very madness, like some ore

Among a mineral of metals base,

Shows itself pure: he weeps for what is done.

KING  O Gertrude, come away!

The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch

But we will ship him hence; and this vile deed

We must with all our majesty and skill

Both countenance and excuse.--Ho, Guildenstern!

[Enter Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.]

Friends both, go join you with some further aid.

Hamlet in madness hath Polonius slain,

And from his mother's closet hath he dragged him.

Go seek him out, speak fair, and bring the body

Into the chapel. I pray you, haste in this.

[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern exit.]