Relationship Between Hamlet And Laertes

1) Literal level: This dialogue is in act 5, scene 1 line 231-238. Laertes is talking to his sister’s grave. They have found out Ophelia has died and are now burying her.
2) This passage serves to develop character because Laertes is not in the play as much making harder to understand his character, but during his dialogue you can tell he loves his sister dearly. He leaps into the grave just to hold her one more time because he loved her. This passage also serves to develop conflict between Hamlet and Laertes you are able to see their hatred relationship since both Hamlet and Laertes start fighting over who loved Ophelia more.
3) This passage develops theme, of death because so many deaths have occurred in this play, first Hamlet’s father,