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. The aside reveals to the audience Hamlet’s

Hamlet’s aside, “A little more than kin, and less than kind,” is a bitter wordplay about Claudius being both his relative and his stepfather. “Less than kind” suggests Hamlet feels no warmth or affection toward him and resents their relationship. The aside therefore reveals Hamlet’s dislike of Claudius, not jealousy of Laertes.

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