Read the excerpt from hamlet, act i, scene ii. claudius: take thy fair hour, laertes; time be thine, and thy best graces spend it at thy will. but now, my cousin hamlet, and my son,— hamlet: [aside.] a little more than kin, and less than kind. claudius: how is it that the clouds still hang on you? hamlet: not so, my lord; i am too much i’ the sun. what is the most likely reason that shakespeare chose this point in the play to give hamlet his first aside? shakespeare is alerting the audience to the conflict between claudius and hamlet. shakespeare is making sure the audience knows early on that hamlet is a tragic hero. shakespeare is contrasting hamlet with laertes to create suspense for the audience. shakespeare is hinting to the audience that claudius will cause an unhappy ending for hamlet.

Hamlet uses the word "kin" because Claudius is related to him. Claudius is his late father's brother and also his new stepfather, because now he has married his dead brother's wife.Because of such reasons, Hamlet also uses the expression "less than kind," to refer to Claudius' inconsiderate and cruel nature.

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Explanation:

In Act 1, Scene 2 from Hamlet, Shakespeare gives the main character his first aside as he speaks to Claudius:

Hamlet: [Aside.] A little more than kin, and less than kind.

In his aside, Hamlet, in a play of words, means that Claudius is more than a relative but that he is not kind. Hamlet actually suspects his uncle and father-in-law has murdered his father, King Hamlet.

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