Hamlet Prince of DenmarkAuthor: William Shakespeare

Retold by: Kathy Mc Evoy

Illustrator: Penko Gelev

I like this story because this is Novel of William Shakespeare who wrote

amazing novels.

Characters:

The Ghost of old Hamlet: late king of Denmark and Prince Hamlet’s father, Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, Claudius: new king of Denmark, Gertrude: queen of Denmark and Hamlet’s mother, Horatio: Hamlet’s friend, Polonius: a courtier, Ophelia: Polonius’s daughter, Laertes: Polonius’s son, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern: friends of Hamlet from childhood and a gravedigger.

Outline of Story:

At midnight the soldiers saw the ghost of recently died king Hamlet. Horatio came to investigate this matter. He told this to young prince Hamlet. Old Hamlet’s brother Claudius married Gertrude, mother of prince Hamlet. Hamlet was angry and

wanted to return to his university but Gertrude begged and he agreed to stay. Hamlet met the ghost and he told Hamlet that Claudius killed him by a poison to take his father’s throne. Hamlet told the soldiers to keep it a secret. Ophelia told about Hamlet’s strange behaviour to her father,

Polonius. They told this to king and queen & the king Rosencrantz & Guildenstern to find out that what’s wrong with Hamlet.

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Ahad Aziz

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