Ecclesiastical Law in Hamlet: the Burial of Ophelia
The book Ecclesiastical Law in Hamlet: the Burial of Ophelia was written by author Guernsey, Rocellus Sheridan, 1836- [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of Ecclesiastical Law in Hamlet: the Burial of Ophelia book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Ecclesiastical Law in Hamlet: the Burial of Ophelia a good or bad book?
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In some places the coroner buried suicides in the parish churchyard. When they were buried in the parish church- yard they were placed in the most obscure parts of it. In many churchyards in the northern parts of England may be seen a row of graves on the extreme verge of the north side of the graveyard, apart from that in which the bodies of the inhabitants in general are de- posited. Some of the graves do not lie east and west as do those who have Christian bu- rial. These are occupied by the... bodies of still-born infants, suicides and excommuni- IN HAMLET. 29 cated persons, and those who it is termed are " buried out of the sanctuary," because they are not entitled to the full church rites of burial and are not in consecrated ground. The first grave-digger in Hamlet, when he asked if the grave should be made " straight," was evidently accustomed to that part of England where a suicide's grave was not made east and west, as the church stood, and as other graves run, but was to be made "crooked," or not parallel to them.
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