The
purpose of the scene is to illustrate further the theme of death. In particular, it highlights
's belief that, in the final analysis, death makes fools of us all. Lawyers or kings, princes or
paupers, we will all one day die. It makes no difference how great we think we are as we walk
upon this mortal earth; we are all destined to participate in the great democracy of the
dead.
It's not justwho displays such a mordant take on our common fate; the
gravediggers share a similar attitude towards death. As they go about their grim task, they
engage in witty badinage, treating this darkest of subjects as if it were nothing more than a
big joke.
It's only later on in the scene, when 's burial takes place, that
the mood starts to change.openly blames Hamlet for Ophelia's death, and the...
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