FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Laertes
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Hamlet
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Gertrude
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Claudius
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Detailed explanation-1: -But perhaps the best example of Hamlet’s double-speak is his first line in the play. When Claudius refers to him as “my son, ” Hamlet replies somewhat aggressively: “A little more than kin, and less than kind” (I. ii. 65).
Detailed explanation-2: -Therefore, Claudius, says Hamlet, is a little more than kin and less than kin. Simply by being more, he is less. And to be less kin is also to be less kind. Claudius is unkind to Hamlet in having assumed a double kindred and in having displaced his father.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet’s uncle was the brother of his father, the former king, and as such was Hamlet’s kin.
Detailed explanation-4: -He is a little more than distant family and more family to him than he would like. More than uncle and nephew. Kind is short for kindred, he doesn’t like his uncle and not happy bitter. “A little more than kin and less than kind."
Detailed explanation-5: -It has since become a standard English proverb. To be, or not to be, that is the question. Spoken by Hamlet during his soliloquy in the nunnery scene. It remains one of Shakespeare’s most famous quotes.