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Sometime before Act 1, since when the play starts he is already there. The play is not really clear about the timelines. Hamlet's father has apparently died about two months before Gertrude's second marriage ("but two months dead, no, not so much, not two") which has just happened ("have now taken to wife"), but people who came for the funeral, like Horatio ("My lord, I came to see your father's funeral") are still hanging around.
When you think that it must have taken a while even with the fastest courier to get word to Hamlet in Wittenburg (to say nothing of Horatio), and for him to return to Denmark, you'd think decomposition must have been fairly well advanced by the time Hamlet got to Denmark. But on the other hand maybe the sea air preserved their corpses. Once they were in the ground, they would last eight year or nine year, according to the Gravedigger.
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When does Hamlet bury his father?
Hamlet isn't buried. He dies at the end and is carried out of the room respectfully.
What are important plot points in Hamlet?
Polonius dies. Ophelia dies. Claudius dies. Hamlet dies. Hamlet returns home for his father's funeral. Hamlet stages a play to prove Claudius's guilt. Ophelia drowns in a river. Hamlet and Laertes duel. Hamlet returns to Denmark to bury his father. Hamlet kills Polonius. Ophelia is found dead. Laertes and Hamlet duel.
What is a 4 letter word for return to the ground?
Land or bury
How do you prove being the daughter of the deceased father in order to bury him?
Your birth certificate.
In osmosis Jones the god father tells his underlings to take thrax and bury him in a what?
A blackhead.
What happens to father on the road between ridge bury and redding ridge?
he gets stoppe dby the cowboys!
How did the Salem witch trials affect the members of Salem?
because if they didn't bury her right she would return and dig her back up to parish the ones who killed her and put spells on them that's why they have to Bury a witch on her stomach.
What is the best thing to do with a broken pounamu that was a gift and cant be fixed?
Apparently you should return it to the land, so bury it somewhere.
Can you bury your father in the US if he is here illegaly?
Yes. Typically, national cemeteries are the only ones that have citizenship requirements.
What kind of animal lives on land till its grown but returns to land when its grown?
Baby turtles are born on land and then return to water many of them return to their birth place and bury their babies there when they mature
Why does Odysseus return to circe's island?
To properly bury Elphenor, the guy that fell off the roof the morning they left for the kingdom of the dead.
Why did Odysseus and his men return to the house of Circe?
To retrieve Elpenor's body; Odysseus and his crew returned to bury Elpenor's body properly.
