Hamlet

sum up the joking riddle the gravedigger develops in these lines what ideas about deathmight the first two pages of this scene convey how does this idea relate to themes already expressed by the play and its hero

sum up the joking riddle the gravedigger develops in these lines what ideas about deathmight the first two pages of this scene convey how does this idea relate to themes already expressed by the play and its hero
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The gravediggers joke about how long a body takes to rot in the earth. This becomes an extended metaphor for Hamlet's musings about the brevity and meaning, or lack of meaning, of life.

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