Yorick's Skull In Hamlet

1. In act five scene one, Hamlet official makes it onto the land of Denmark and he is with Horatio at the church’s burial grounds, where they encounter two gravediggers digging a grave for someone who has passed. After watching the first gravedigger tossing skulls as he sings songs, Hamlet approaches him; however, the gravedigger does not know that it is Hamlet, so he speaks to him in what he calls a sharp manner. One of the skulls was Yorick’s, a court jester, whom Hamlet knew as a child. Yorick’s skull represents Hamlet’s realization and acceptance of death and its outcomes. Shortly after, the king and a small group behind him come bearing a coffin for the grave and Hamlet is unaware this is Ophelia’s funeral. When the ceremony continues …show more content…
Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum,” (V, i, Lines 252-4). This declaration is significant because this is the first time Hamlet truly declared his love for Ophelia and unfortunately it is too late, later he has rejected her and she has ignored him, then later killed her father that led to her final fall. Throughout the play, Hamlet never told Ophelia he loved her and in this declaration he claims that he loved her more than forty thousand men, which is he says because laertes jumps into her grave and declares that he loved her the most.
6. When Hamlet says, “I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum,” (V, i, Lines 252-4). This declaration is significant to the relationship between Ophelia and Hamlet shows how Hamlet loved her all along, but since he was so bitter towards women at the time, due to the actions of his mother, he was not able to show it in time. This claim suggests that Hamlet never really rejected her, I believe he was just in a fragile and mourning state, but Ophelia was not aware of this and it ended up becoming one of the factors that led to her own death.
Act V, Scene …show more content…
The last scene of the play starts off with Horatio and Hamlet discussing Hamlet’s recent endeavours while he was on the ship set sail towards England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Hamlet reveals to Horatio that he discovered the King’s true plans by finding his letter of order for the English King, which ordered for his death upon his arrival to the lands. By discovering this plan, Hamlet decides to write a letter to replace this order, which asks for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to be executed after they deliver the letter to the King and to not be given time to confess. While telling Horatio this tale, Osric enters and educates Hamlet on the recent bet the King has placed on him, which will be settled with a fencing duel between him and Laertes this same day. Hamlet goes and fences with Laertes, who wounds Hamlet during their duel. While this is happening the Queen Gertrude drinks from a poisoned chalice, which was meant for Hamlet and dies. After a scramble, Hamlet grabs Laertes’ sword and wounds him, unaware that it is poisoned, so Laertes reveals that Hamlet has little time before his own death due to his wound caused by the poisoned sword and he dies. Hamlet then springs into action and forces Claudius to drink the remains of the poisoned liquid, so he can die as well. Horatio decides he will kill himself as well, but Hamlet stops him because he needs horatio to tell the story straight to the people of Denmark. Following Hamlet’s death, young Fortinbras enters