What is the significance of Hamlet's pondering the skulls in the graveyard (one of the most famous images from the play)? What does he take away from this?
Dear Based God,
Hamlet learns a lot for himself from looking at and examining the skulls. During this moment, he has a realization about life. All people become dust. No matter what significance they may have while alive, everyone is equal when they die. He ponders how the great people of their times will mean nothing in the future. For example, Alexander and Caesar are two of the people that he mentions. Their bodies will decompose and be nothing. In this way, for Hamlet, life does not mean anything. All significance of his life will be lost after death. This is how Hamlet views the world.
Love,
Evan and Pat
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