Comment on the significance of the
gravedigger scene in Hamlet.
The
scene begins with two gravediggers making jibes and jests while working to make
a grave for Ophelia, the sister of Laeters. When the two grave diggers are
about their business, Hamlet, the prince, comes in with his friend Horatio.
Hamlet wonders about the owners of the skulls they were excavating in order to
create a fresh grave for the diseased. This keeps him guessing who the skulls
belonged to until the gravedigger reveals to him that one of the skulls
belonged to his fathers jester, Yorick. Apparently this takes Hamlet aback to
the days Yorick was alive and the skull before him thus coming to a realization
about death. During the burial ceremony of Ophelia, there is a fight between
Laeters and Hamlet, indicating that despite the fact that Ophelia and Laester
were a brother and a sister, there was a probability that they had a
relationship of incest. It is at this scene that the audience is made aware of
the feelings of Hamlet towards Ophelia.
Note
that it is who had caused the death of Ophelia when he caused the death of
Polonius. The grave digger scene is from Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare.
It shows the preparation of a grave of a lady who was religious and who dies by
drowning in a brook and although she could have saved herself in from death in
the brook she did not do anything that would show it and therefore was
considered to have committed suicide. It is important since it brings out the
characteristics of Hamlet and explains his behaviors as much as it brings out
the true feelings of Hamlet towards Ophelia. Additionally, the grave digger,
who represents the common man in the society and in hamlet, is used to indicate
the lifestyle of the people but most importantly the manner in which the people
responded towards the prince. This paper is thus an evaluation of the
significance of the gravedigger scene in the play............................................................................................................................................................
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