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    Name: Gravedigger Gravedigger #2 is a small, dreary looking man with a slouched back. At the age of 35, he still manages to make jokes about the way society is place. In the play, the script places gravedigger #2 as a nameless man but his real name is Bill Faller. Bill is 5 feet tall and weighs 135 pounds. He has dark, brown eyes as well as brown hair. He is very hygienic when it comes to his teeth. Bill comes from a family of hardworking workers. His father was a gravedigger as well as his grandfather

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    In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Hamlet struggles with the abrupt death of his father at the hands of his uncle. It is in the very beginning of the play that Hamlet voices his opinion that death would be a peaceful release. But as the play progresses his attitude begins to slowly doubt the serenity in death. Hamlet had been surrounded by death but had yet to come face to face with it, escaping the lessons the world was trying to teach him. It is within Act 5 scene 1 that Hamlet has a direct

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    In the play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, the main character, Hamlet, is an enigma who can be interpreted in many different ways. His character is what allows the audience to find themselves inside of the play. Hamlet is angry, depressed, manic, brooding, suicidal, and dark; he often hates himself and loathes his fate. But with these negative images of himself, Hamlet is an empirical thinker and knows that he should kill Claudius to avenge his father’s death. One of the main themes that continually

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    Ophelia's Gravedigger

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    reuniting with his trusted friend Horatio. They enter a graveyard, where two gravediggers are working. The two gravediggers discuss Ophelia’s

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    whole: the gravediggers from Act V, Yorick from Act V, and Prince Fortinbras of Norway who appears throughout the play. A minor character differs from major characters because they are static; they do not develop as individuals and their behavior does not change from the beginning of their time on stage to the end. Moreover, minor characters will appear only briefly in the play with limited dialogue, and the decisions they make do not greatly impact the overall plot. Both the gravediggers and Yorick

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    The scene takes place in the most suspenseful moment of the play. There has been a series of tragic scenes before the grave digger scene. Polonius is killed by Hamlet in Claudius’s bed chamber and as a result Claudius orders Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to prepare to take Hamlet with them to England. Ophelia goes mad and soon Laertes arrives with mob. Soon Hamlet sends back letters to Horatio and the king that he is coming.So when the audience waits to see the ultimate outcome of all these happenings

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    Gravediggers In Hamlet

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    each characters plays a significant part, the lowly characters are just as important. The three soldiers that stood out in the cold to keep watch, the players of the play [inside the play], Reynaldo, Polonius’ servant, and most importantly; the gravediggers all played an important part in Hamlet. Francisco, Bernardo, and Marcellus are the three soldiers who were on guard duty the night that they first saw the ghost of Old Hamlet. While they do guard the castle, they are stuck in the cold late at

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    Gravediggers In Hamlet

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    Shakespeare’s Act 5 Scene 1 of the play particularly, the scene introduces the gravediggers who argue as to why Ophelia is being buried. Christian theology claims that because she committed suicide, she is to not be given a proper burial. However, Claudius insisted that she deserves one, even if it’s

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    The gravedigger is a play by Joseph zettelmaier and directed by Ann Byrd I saw this play at October, 28 at Normandale Department of Theatre Dr. Seward's Dracula is also a play by Joseph Zettlemaier and directed by I saw this play at November, 6 2015 at Normandale Department of Theatre The gravedigger is a story about a man who is a gravedigger. This man finds a man hiding in a grave. The gravedigger doesn't know that the man is created by Doctor, at first the gravedigger and the man didn't have

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    murder of King Duncan and in Hamlet, he uses the gravedigger scene to relieve the emotions felt for the death of Ophelia. The gravedigger scene is the most well known scene of comic relief in Hamlet, as it serves as a much needed break in all of the action and it temporarily changes the tone of play, along with impacting the overall meaning. The gravedigger scene distracts the audience from the drama and chaos of the play with two gravediggers exchanging jokes and singing while digging the grave

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