FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Skull of jester Yorick
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Skull of Ophelia
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Dead body of Hamlet
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All the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Yet upon looking at Yorick’s skull, Hamlet suddenly feels sickened. He realizes what becomes of even the best of people after death-they rot away. For Hamlet, Yorick’s skull symbolizes the inevitable decay of the human body.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The gravedigger scene is important in Hamlet because it both represents comic-relief and tragedy. It is in this scene that Hamlet accepts his mortality and fate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet looks at the skull and remembers the man he was fond of, the court jester Yorick. In his musings, Hamlet realizes that death eliminates the differences between people.