Hamlet+5.1

2. The play would not lose much if this scene was not in it because it really did not add anything to the plot. In the beginning the gravediggers were telling jokes and singing and afterwards they were all talking about tradition. The only important thing that happened is that they buried Ophelia. There was no real significance of this scene.

3. Gravediggers- What is a gallow? Why are you making dumb jokes that dont make sense? Arent you bothered by all the dead people you see? WHy have you not recognized that you are speaking to Hamlet? Hamlet- Would you really do all that stuff you said for Ophelia, like getting buried alive? Do you really love her? Gertrude- Why are you all of a sudden being nice to your son and lettting him get a say? Clauduis- All you want to do is kill Hamlet, couldnt you guys just forgive each other? Laertes- Are you really going to get revenge on Hamlet and kill him? If you loved your sister so much whya rent you crying or mourning?

1. Gravedigger telling a riddle- "What is he that builds stronger than / either the manson, the shipwright, or the carpenter?" (5.1.42-43). The answer...gravediggers.