What are the characters talking about in the beginning of the scene?
They are talking about a woman who pulled a Jack Dawson and whether she should get a Christian burial.
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What does Hamlet mean when he describes the funeral as having "maimed rites" (5.1.226)?
The funeral ceremony is very short and simple.
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Why does Laertes blame Hamlet for Ophelia's death?
Laertes says Hamlet made Ophelia go insane.
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Why does Hamlet ask, "Has this fellow no feeling of his business?" (3.1.68).
Hamlet is surprised that the grave digger is singing and not serious while working in a cemetery.
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What does Hamlet mean when he suggests that the dead person “did with desp’rate hand / Fordo its own life” (5.1.227–228)?
The person committed suicide.
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What does Laertes do and request in lines 261–263?
Laertes leaps in Ophelia's grave and asks the mourners to fill it so that he can be buried alive with his sister. 8-0
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Why is Laertes arguing with the priest?
Laertes wants a more elaborate funeral for Ophelia, but the priest says the church has already done more than is appropriate since they suspect Ophelia killed herself. Jerk move bro.