Yorick's Skull and the Graveyard
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Hamlet's constant brooding about death and humanity comes to a (grotesque) head in the infamous graveyard scene, where Hamlet holds up the unearthed s...
The Ghost
(Click the symbolism infographic to download.)We thought you might look here for a little something about the ghost. We like the Ghost so much that we gave him his own "Character Analysis"—check...
"Rank" Gardens
(Click the symbolism infographic to download.)The gardens in Hamlet aren't necessarily the kind of places where you'd like to hang out and watch butterflies while you picnic. In fact, they're more...
Hamlet's Costume Changes
(Click the symbolism infographic to download.)Early on in the play, we learn that Hamlet's all black get-up seems to be getting on his mom's nerves. (Good to know that some things haven't changed s...
Flowers
(Click the symbolism infographic to download.)When Ophelia loses her mind in Act IV, Scene v, she starts handing out flowers to everyone around her. Sure, she talks directly about the symbolic mean...