FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Hamlet was speaking about his uncle
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Hamlet was speaking about his mother
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -’A little more than kin, and less than kind’ is the very first line spoken by Hamlet in the whole play.
Detailed explanation-2: -In his first line, Hamlet alludes to and plays on the Elizabethan proverb, “The nearer in kin, the less in kindness, ” which means our closest relatives often treat us the worst. In this line, he suggests that now Claudius is his kin twice over-first his uncle, and now his stepfather.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.