graveyard scene
Tombstone-filled tableau
A graveyard scene is a passage in a literary or dramatic work set in a cemetery, typically featuring meditation on death, mortality, or the transience of life.
The gravedigger scene in *Hamlet*, where the prince contemplates Yorick's skull, is the archetypal example.
The term extends to any contemplative encounter with death or the dead: The novel's graveyard scene forces the protagonist to confront his father's legacy.
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- gravestoneBurial site marker
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- six feet underDead and buried
- mournersThose lamenting a death
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Portrayal of delivery
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