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Yorick Graphic
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Yorick Graphic
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2017
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07 Memento Mori - Yorick.pdf
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Alas Poor Yorick, I knew him, Horatio
The fifth and final act of Shakespeare’s Hamlet begins in a graveyard. The diggers of Ophelia’s grave comment on an uncovered skull, which Hamlet then lifts and recognizes as Yorick, the court jester of his youth. The image of the skull raised in Hamlet’s hand became one of the most common icons associated with Shakespeare’s tragedies. In this moment, Hamlet reflects on both past and soon-to-be deaths. The scene also invokes the Danse Macabre as Hamlet wonders if Alexander the Great’s skull mirrors the lowly Yorick’s in death.
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Act 5 Scene 1, Utah State
University, Merrill Cazier Library, Special Collections and
Archives, Book Collection 10 Number L 5 117
The fifth and final act of Shakespeare’s Hamlet begins in a graveyard. The diggers of Ophelia’s grave comment on an uncovered skull, which Hamlet then lifts and recognizes as Yorick, the court jester of his youth. The image of the skull raised in Hamlet’s hand became one of the most common icons associated with Shakespeare’s tragedies. In this moment, Hamlet reflects on both past and soon-to-be deaths. The scene also invokes the Danse Macabre as Hamlet wonders if Alexander the Great’s skull mirrors the lowly Yorick’s in death.
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Act 5 Scene 1, Utah State
University, Merrill Cazier Library, Special Collections and
Archives, Book Collection 10 Number L 5 117
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