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. claudius: how is it that the clouds still hang on you? hamlet: not so, my lord; i am too much i' the sun. what is the most likely reason that shakespeare chose this point in the play to give hamlet his first aside?

Thesis - the cost of a death sentence far outweighs the costs associated with sentencing a convicted criminal to life in prison. which evidence best supports the thesis above xo a. the advent of the death penalty can be traced back to hammurabi's famous set of laws. ✓o b. the state of texas spent almost $1.2 million on the execution of leonard hughes. o c. seventeen states, including washington, currently have criminals awaiting execution o d. many people believe that the death penalty should be abolished for various reasons,