The gravediggers in act 5 scene 1 are used to potray a sense of humor commonly found in Shakespeare’s plays. This gravediggers profess clowns which makes them to be of a unique kind in the play. They serves to lighten the tragic stress of Ophelia’s death in the play. This type of character appealed to the members of the audience who could not afford seats and thus stood on the ground. The play would definitely get a laugh from this un educated diggers who would enjoy a relief to the long and the tensioned play. Secondly, they also contribute to understanding of suicide logic and universility of death. Death is common and awaits all individuals wether rich or poor. It cannot be influenced by certain abstract matters such as love, revenge
