FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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His father’s
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Osric’s
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Yorick’s
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Ophelia’s
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet picks up a skull, and the gravedigger tells him that the skull belonged to Yorick, King Hamlet’s jester.
Detailed explanation-2: -For Hamlet, Yorick’s skull symbolizes the inevitable decay of the human body. Speaking to and about Yorick’s skull, Hamlet notes that Yorick’s lips no longer exist, which leads him to note that Yorick’s jokes, pranks, and songs are gone, too.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet meditating upon the skull of Yorick has become a lasting embodiment of this idea, and has been depicted by later artists as part of the vanitas tradition.
Detailed explanation-4: -The skull of Yorick, the former jester of Hamlet’s late father, represents the inevitability of death and the existential meaninglessness of life in light of this fact.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hamlet has no idea to whom the grave belongs. When Hamlet finds a particular skull, he asks the gravedigger whose it might be. The gravedigger tells him the skull belonged to Yorick, the King’s jester.