Shakespeare makes allusions to the great rulers alexander and caesar to contrast the deaths of alexander and caesar. show how kings should behave around death. compare hamlet to two rulers who died. emphasize that everyone eventually dies.

Shakespeare makes allusions to the great rulers Alexander and Caesar to emphasize that everyone eventually dies.
Even those great and famous leaders such as Caesar and Alexander died in the end - there is no escaping death, no matter how important you are. Even though it seemed that these two people were so loved and strong they could evade death, this was not the case - which is true for every human being.