Question

read the passage from act v of 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? one purpose of hamlets speech is to develop the theme “death conquers all.” question the theme “revenge is destructive.” introduce the theme “truth is hard to discern.” contradict the theme “curiosity is dangerous.”

Explanation:

Hamlet reflects on Yorick, a once - lively person now reduced to a skull. This shows how death has overcome Yorick's former jovial self, thus developing the theme "death conquers all".

Answer:

develop the theme "death conquers all."