PSYCH 1X03 Lecture 13: Hamlet Act 5 Questions
4 Apr 2018
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Hamlet act 5 questions: the g(cid:396)a(cid:448)edigge(cid:396)"s s(cid:272)e(cid:374)e p(cid:396)o(cid:448)ides (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) (cid:396)elief(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:396)elie(cid:448)es the te(cid:374)sio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d suspe(cid:374)se i(cid:374) the play. In a scene that adds nothing to the plot, but offers generous helpings of comedy and philosophy, the gravediggers are clowns. He notes that despite all the power that these men had in life, their bodies will rot, only to be recycled into the earth as generations before them. By starring i(cid:374)to yo(cid:396)i(cid:272)k"s skull a(cid:374)d (cid:396)efle(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g o(cid:374) death, hamlet is finally able to take a more mature outlook on death. He no longer truly fears death but sees it as a natural inevitability that does not need to be sped: i(cid:374)(cid:272)e ha(cid:373)let"s (cid:862)to (cid:271)e o(cid:396) (cid:374)ot to (cid:271)e(cid:863) solilo(cid:395)uy, his view on death has seemed to have changed. He no longer feels the need to commit suicide as in the end, everyone dies.
