Question

read the excerpt from hamlet. hamlet: let me see. -takes the skull. -alas! poor yorick. i knew him, horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. here hung those lips that i have kissed i know not how oft. where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? not one now, to mock your own grinning? which analysis is most justified by the excerpt? as the play draws to a close, hamlet still has not conquered his fear of death. hamlets visit to the graveyard leads to him become obsessed with his death. at the end of the play, hamlet literally faces death and regains a sense of hope. hamlet has abandoned his plans by this point and has reconciled himself to death.

Explanation:

In the excerpt, Hamlet's reaction to Yorick's skull shows his pre - occupation with death. His description of Yorick's lively past and the stark contrast with his current state as a skull indicates his obsession with the concept of death after visiting the graveyard.

Answer:

Hamlet's visit to the graveyard leads to him become obsessed with his death.