Gravedigger

The beginning of the scene starts us off at a churchyard, where we first see two clowns, also known as gravediggers; start up a conversation about Ophelia 's death. Strangely, this is actually supposed to be the comic relief of the story. Between their conversations, the first clown believes that her death was not by of nature and was indeed a suicide, and since suicide is a sin against God, she should not technically be allowed to be buried in a Christian graveyard. While the second clown defends

The second reason for perhaps concluding that Hamlet would not ‘have proved most royal’ is linked to the culture of manipulation and facade at the centre of the Danish Royal Court. Put simply, Hamlet detests it. He uses the metaphor of a ‘pipe’ in order to undermine the manipulative attempts of his fickle friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. ‘Will you play upon this pipe?’, he asks Guildenstern, who replies that, ‘[he knows] no touch of it’. Hamlet then exclaims ‘why, look you now, how unworthy

speaking. Throughout recent events, Hamlet had constantly defeated everyone through his effective use of language. An example of this took place when he made a mockery of his uncle before the court. However, in this encounter with the gravedigger, Hamlet is somewhat intimidated by a mere peasant. Hamlet therefore attempts to prove his superiority in nobility and speech by becoming more and more elaborate in talking about the skulls of the graveyard. Hamlet speaks of the skull

Claudius does, attaching his name to Denmark implying a sort of codependence. Earlier on in the fifth act, when Hamlet happens upon the gravedigger he becomes upset with the way the gravedigger handles the bones in the ground stating “This might be the pate of a politician which this ass/now o’erreaches” (5.1.80). He continues in his resentment of the gravediggers manner, “Why may not that be the/skull of a lawyer? … Why/does he suffer this mad knave now to knock him/about the sconce with a dirty

Thomas Lawrence Kelley Hatch ENGL 020-NG March 11, 2015 Hamlet: The Use of Comedy and Tension In the drama, “Hamlet” the tone is mostly ominous and gloomy, but the when the gravediggers are taken into account, the play can have a slight sense of humor. “Hamlet” has tension that is known as narrative tension. Narrative tension is tension a character feels about resolving an issue. Hamlet, the character, is very indecisive about many actions that are brought before him. In the first act, Two guards

twenty people that the Gravedigger has to bury because of heroin. The main character that died from an overdose was Holly. It was very emotional when it happened, especially for Jack because he was angry and sad. He ended up killing himself because of Holly’s overdose. The Gravedigger showed that almost anyone can have a heroin addiction and die from it. There were people that no one would suspect that they had an addiction, like the rocket scientist and nurse. The Gravedigger only came for people

In most societies, there are different classes of power that depends on your wealth or your family’s wealth. According to Marxism, power struggles occur in capitalist societies. After Capitalism is gone, Communism comes in and takes place. Communism is where social classes are non existent so power struggles will not be a problem. The creation of Marxism is credited Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the mid-nineteenth century to combat the ideas of Capitalism. Capitalism is where the hard working

Act 4 Scene I Immediately following Hamlet’s exit, Claudius asks Gertrude what happened. Gertrude tells the king that Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius, and Claudius realizes that he could have been killed too. Claudius asks where Hamlet has gone, and Gertrude replies that he has gone to take the body away. The king then orders Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to seek out Hamlet and find out where he has taken Polonius. Scene II Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ask Hamlet where Polonius is. Hamlet playfully

capitalism and the division between the bourgeoisie and proletariat classes. He explains this division as an inevitable effect of capitalism, and claims the bourgeoisies as creating “its own gravediggers”. What is the significance of Marks & Engels claim that “what the bourgeoisie... produces, above all, is its own gravediggers.” I argue that, a Marxian perspective, which illustrates that the bourgeoisie class created the necessary conditions for their demise is significant because it identifies the dangers

is further relevant then in the graveyard scene; the first scene, of the last act is unexpectedly takes place in a graveyard, where a gravedigger and his assistant are discovered at work. From their conversation it appears that a grave is being prepared for one who has taken her own life, and this leads to various comic and witty observations. The first gravedigger does his best to appear an able theorist and displays much wisdom, asking his companion comical questions in the form of riddles, and