Because it was so theatrical and overblown. Jumping into her grave, really!
Both Laertes and Hamlet.
Ophelia has been trained by her heavy-handed father to do what he tells her (and failing that, what her brother tells her). With her father dead and her brother in France, she has no anchor in her world.
Laertes jumps into Ophelia's grave and starts mourning over how much he misses her. Hamlet, not to be out done, jumps into the grave and starts weaping as well; eventually getting in to a fight with Laertes.
Twenty-three years at the time Hamlet arrives at his grave.
The clowns are just grave diggers (everyday civilian) who are digging Ophelia's grave at the time.
In Shakespeare's play "Hamlet," the first to leap into Ophelia's grave is her brother, Laertes. He does so out of grief and expresses his love for his sister by challenging anyone else to show more grief than him.
He demands that she have no further communication with Hamlet. He tells her that Hamlet is trifling with her affection, that he is lying and does not really care for her. He is, of course, wrong.
In Ophelia's grave.
Both Laertes and Hamlet.
Ophelia has been trained by her heavy-handed father to do what he tells her (and failing that, what her brother tells her). With her father dead and her brother in France, she has no anchor in her world.
irony: the grave diggers are talkling about prince hamlet while he is right there
Hamlet quarrels with Laertes at Ophelia's grave due to their shared grief and differing expressions of love for Ophelia. Laertes is enraged by Hamlet's perceived lack of respect for Ophelia's death, believing Hamlet's feelings are insincere. This confrontation escalates into a physical altercation, revealing their deep emotional turmoil and the intensity of their rivalries, particularly in the context of their respective relationships with Ophelia. The grave becomes a symbolic battleground for their unresolved feelings and grievances.
Laertes jumps into Ophelia's grave and starts mourning over how much he misses her. Hamlet, not to be out done, jumps into the grave and starts weaping as well; eventually getting in to a fight with Laertes.
Ophelia's father is Polonius, who is Claudius' advisor. Polonius is killed by Hamlet when he is hiding behind a tapestry, spying on Hamlet as he talks to his mother, Gertrude. After Polonius' death, Ophelia goes mad and eventually dies after she falls from a tree into a brook and drowns.
When Ophelia is singing about flowers at a grave which forebodes/forshadows her death.
Twenty-three years at the time Hamlet arrives at his grave.
Which of Laertes' actions are we talking about? His leaping into Ophelia's grave? His statement that in terms of honour he remains aloof? His stabbing Hamlet with an unbated sword?