'Hamlet', one of William Shakespeare's longest and finest literary works. Hamlets plays on characteristics such as sadness, madness, insanity, morbidity and mortality. While many scenes depict several or more than one of these characteristics, Act 5 Scene 1 is noted for exhibiting all five of these characteristics in just a few paragraphs. Through Shakespeare's writing technique, imagery, repletion, and metaphors expressed throughout this scene, it allows the reader to receive a clear picture of what is going on in Hamlet's mind. In Act 5, Scene 1, Shakespeare uses imagery to express what Hamlet is thinking at that moment. moment. When Hamlet begins a discussion with the gravedigger, he is presented with someone's skull. This also brought Hamlet back to reality with Ophelia's death, as he resumes discussions with Yorick's skull he jokingly says, "Now go to my lady's chamber and tell her, let paint it. an inch thick, to this favor it must come. Make her laugh about it. (170) revealing how so much time is wasted putting makeup on our faces, to hide the inevitable aging process; and how our destiny rests on the very ground we find ourselves on right now, no matter how great we are. To advance his terms with Ophelia's death, he is shown the place where Ophelia will be buried, a few plots away. Show that his death is and will be treated like everyone else. While the gravedigger tells Hamlet much earlier in the play "'not for ever with their lids closed / Seek thy noble father in the dust'" (1.2.70-71) and recalls that 'thy father hath lost a father', in other words, now is not the time to mourn the dead, because death is very much like a chain, and bluntly expresses its best to truly move on. Shakespeare reveals this as a turning point for Hamlet, as he realizes the commonality of death and dying. value of life itself, and begins to reflect on one's own mortality and destiny. Although this is a fairly morbid view of the matter, it reveals the truth to Hamlet and forces Hamlet to wreak more humorous havoc on the matter.