As of now Hamlet has been arrogant about the idea that death cannot touch him, yet death is always looming over his head. So far «No, by my faith, not even an iota; but follow him there, with sufficient modesty and verisimilitude to lead him, as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returns to the dust; dust is earth; from the earth we make soil; and why shouldn't they stopper a beer barrel with that soil to which he had converted? Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, could plug a hole to keep the wind away. Oh, that that land that held the world in awe should patch a wall to expel the winter's blemish!”(5.1.214-223) Hamlet has finally understood that religion has nothing to do with death. Even though religion is thought to have an effect on death, this is not the case as every man will face it, regardless of religion. Explain that faith cannot change the fact that he will die. He names great Kings who have turned to dust to make his point even stronger that it will become the same as eventually we will all turn to dust and be blown away by the wind. Suddenly Hamlet finds himself facing death. His last line of the work is "The rest is silence". (5.2.343) He has finally met his end and even though he was never a religious man he is still dead. He says he is silent to show that nothing can be said for the next life that may or may not be. Religion has no meaning when it comes to death because it comes