What is the most likely reason that shakespeare chose this point in the play to give hamlet his first aside? shakespeare is alerting the audience to the conflict between claudius and hamlet. shakespeare is making sure the audience knows early on that hamlet is a tragic hero. shakespeare is contrasting hamlet with laertes to create suspense for the audience. shakespeare is hinting to the audience that claudius will cause an unhappy ending for hamlet?

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Shakespeare is alerting the audience to the conflict between Claudius and Hamlet.

In Act 1, Scene 2 from "Hamlet," Shakespeare gives the protagonist his first aside as he speaks to Claudius:

Hamlet: [Aside.] A little more than kin, and less than kind.

In his aside, Hamlet, in a play of words, means that Claudius is more than a relative but that he is not kind. Hamlet actually suspects his uncle and father-in-law has murdered his father, King Hamlet.

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the author develops a cold, and scared tone. making the reader shudder with fear, and suddenly become cold. i'm guessing that he's writing a scary novel, or maybe about a chilly december night.