ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet compares the contrast between his uncle and his father to himself and Hercules. The Greek mythology reference to Hercules creates an analogy for the reader that Hamlet must also see his dead father in a heroic, noble light.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gertrude and Claudius encourage him to cease grieving and to get on with life. Gertrude asks Hamlet why he seems so particularly affected by his father’s death, and Hamlet snaps at her that, unlike his mother and her husband, he has no pretenses.

Detailed explanation-3: -He is saying that Claudius does not deserve any type of honor. “My father’s brother; but no more like my father than I to Hercules.” Hamlet here is comparing the contrast between his father and uncle to himself and Hercules. Hamlet is saying here that he sees his dead father with honor and his uncle with no such title.