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Yorick

Former court jester, whose skull Hamlet discovers in the graveyard.

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First appearance: Scene I

Yorick shows up with force in Scene I. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The king's jester, whose skull is exhumed and prompts Hamlet's meditation on death.
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