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Communal burial...

Ophelia was lucky enough to be buried nobly in a coffin,
and in Christian burial, but Yorrick and the other corpses
were of a lesser class: Yorrick was merely a jester and hence
would not be given a coffin.

Posted by Cassandra on April 07, 1997 at 04:51:07
In Reply to "Common graves in Hamlet?" posted by Tami on April 05, 1997 at 20:40:19


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