Hamlet

Hamlet, prediction of the end.

Hello.

for a school project i need to answer some questions about Hamlet.

Now i got the following question: In the first scene of act 5, two gravediggers discuss who builds the strongest things, is often see seen as a prediction of how the play will end; Why do think this is?

I really don't know the answer and maybe you know.

Thanks for helping.

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The gravediggers are digging graves and find various skulls. Hamlet is fascinated by this. He laments that death is inevitable no matter one's station in life. This foreshadows the climax when many of the main characters die.