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Immediately after Hamlet says "a little more than kin, and less than kind!" Claudius, referring to Hamlet's prolonged sadness at King Hamlet's death, asks, "How is it that the clouds still hang on you?"

Read Hamlet's answer and explain the pun he uses.

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Answer:

When King Claudius asks Hamlet, 'How is it that the clouds still hang on you?' Hamlet answer's with a pun by saying he is, 'too much in the sun.'

Explanation:

King Claudius and Prince Hamlet are the characters from the play ‘Hamlet’ written by William Shakespeare. In the play, King Claudius is the uncle of Prince Hamlet, but after his father’s death, Claudius marry Hamlet’s mother and becomes the step father of Hamlet.

The line ‘A little more than kin and less than king’ depicts the change in their relationship. When Claudius says ‘How is it that the clouds still hang on you?’ he means why you’re still so sad? To which Hamlet replies by saying ‘he is too much in the sun.’ Here Hamlet uses a pun by playing with words where he refers to son as sun and means that he’s still a son who’s grieving over the loss of his father.

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We can analyse Hamlet's answer to Claudius and the meaning of the pun he uses in the following manner:

Hamlet responds by saying "I am too much in the sun." The pun here consists of two words that sound exactly the same, "son" and "sun". Hamlet means that he is sad because he is a son who has lost his father.

What is a pun?

  • A pun is a joke that uses words that sound similar or words that have more than one meaning.

What is Hamlet's pun?

  • When king Claudius asks Hamlet "How is it that the clouds still hang on you?", he is asking Hamlet why he is still sad. Taking advantage of the word "clouds," Hamlet responds that he is "too much in the sun."
  • The pun here consists of the same-sounding words "sun" and "son". Hamlet is still sad because he has lost his father. Not only that, but he knows that the one who killed his father was Claudius.
  • Since Claudius will most likely not understand the meaning behind the pun, it is as if Hamlet is toying with him by revealing the cause of his sadness without being explicit.

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