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.

Hamlet’s aside responds to Claudius calling him both “cousin” and “son.” The phrase “more than kin, and less than kind” suggests Hamlet feels forced into a closer family relationship than he wants, and that Claudius is not kind to him. This reveals Hamlet’s dislike of Claudius, not jealousy of Laertes.

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