Today I finished reading Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
I liked this story because it was exciting. It kept my attention because something shocking was always happening.
Hamlet is a story about Prince Hamlet. The play takes place in Denmark a long time ago. Prince Hamlet's father, King Hamlet died. So King Hamlet's brother, Claudius, became king of Denmark and married Gertrude, Prince Hamlet's mother. Hamlet was really mad about their marriage. Every night at about 1:00am, the watch guards of the castle see a ghost of old King Hamlet. So they decide to tell Hamlet about it. So one night Hamlet goes out with them to wait for the ghost. First the ghost comes and it doesn't say anything, but then the ghost turns around and walks away and hamlet follows it. But they walk a really long ways, so hamlet says he's not going any further. So then the ghost tells Hamlet that he was actually murdered!! But everybody was told that it was a snake bite that killed him. Really Claudius poured poison in his ear when he was sleeping in the garden. The ghost asked hamlet to get revenge by killing Claudius.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sent to try to cheer up Hamlet. but on the way they cross paths with players. Hamlet is really happy that there are players. He devises a plan where he tells the players to make a play about Claudius poisoning old King Hamlet by pouring poison in his ear. And in the play Claudius would get married to Hamlet's mother so that everything in the play would be just like real life. Hamlet wants to see how Claudius reacts to the play. If Claudius looked guilty or sad then Hamlet would have proof. If Claudius didn't react then Hamlet would think the ghost was the devil in disguise. When the play happened Claudius got really angry and rushed out to his chamber. So Hamlet thought he had good proof.
Hamlet's mother sent a messenger to get Hamlet to come talk to her in her chamber. Hamlet snuck into Claudius's chamber and spied on him while he was praying. He didn't want to kill him then because he would go to heaven if he was killed while he was praying. Hamlet went to his mother's chamber to talk to her. But before he got there Polonius hid behind the curtains to spy on them to see what happens. Hamlet got really mad at his mother for agreeing to marry Claudius so soon after his father died. The mother gets scared by the way Hamlet is acting and calls for help. Polonius calls for help too. Hamlet could hear that someone was behind the curtain. He stuck his sword through the curtain and when he lifted it he saw that it was Polonius.
Hamlet drags Polonius's dead body out of the room and hides it. The queen tells the king that Hamlet killed Polonius. The king wants to send Hamlet to England on business, but he secretly writes a note for the King of England to kill Hamlet when he arrives.
Laertes comes back to get revenge for his father's death. When he is back, Ophelia goes crazy because of her father's death and accidentally drowned herself.
Hamlet discovers the letter from Claudius to the king of England, so Hamlet writes a letter to Claudius telling him that he's going to return to Denmark. Claudius tells Laertes that when Hamlet returns, they will fence. Claudius's plan was to dip Laertes's sword in poison so even a scratch would kill Hamlet. For a back up plan, Claudius had a poison drink, so if Hamlet got tired while fencing he would drink it and die.
Then Hamlet came back to Denmark. A messenger tells Hamlet that Laertes wants to fence him. So then they fenced. Hamlet hit Laertes twice. Then the queen drinks to Hamlet's good fortune. But she drank the poisoned drink! Then Laertes hit Hamlet with the poisoness sword.
But then Hamlet hits Laertes and he dies. Hamlet now had Laertes's sword. So he killed the king. Before Hamlet died, he told Horatio to tell everyone what really happened.
THE END
CHARACTERSHamlet - The prince of Denmark.Claudius - The new king of Denmark, Hamlet's uncle.Gertrude - The queen of Denmark, Hamlet's mother.Horatio - Hamlet's friend.Polonius - The Lord Chamberlain.Ophelia - Polonius's daughterLaertes - Polonius's son.The ghost - A vision of Hamlet's dead father, the former king of Denmark.Rosencrantz & Guildenstern - Hamlet's former school mates
This is my Webkinz Chase with a grumpy face!
A Coke truck was handing out special Olympic bottles of coke. We had to get some because we know Nanny likes to collect coke bottles. Although the kids are sure they are going to be worth a lot of money some day. But Mandy says she'll still give hers to Nanny.
