BOOK REPORT 

 
Title:  Hamlet
Author:  William Shakespeare
 
1 Who is the protagonist (main character) of your story? 
The protagonist of the story is Hamlet. Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark.
2 What does the protagonist want more than anything else? 
Hamlet wants to revenge his father's death more than anything else. His father
was killed by his uncle and his mother married his uncle Claudius who is now
his stepfather. Hamlet is very angry and mad.
3 What does the protagonist do in order to achieve his/her goals? 
Hamlet organizes play at the castle. A group of actors stage the murder of a
king. Hamlet watches Claudius' reaction. He is now sure that Claudius killed his
father.
4 Does the protagonist achieve his goal by the end of the story?
 Yes, Hamlet kills Claudius with a poisoned sword at the end of the story.
5 Who is the antagonist of your story? 
The antagonist of the story is Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle.
6 Who are other characters that are important to this story? 
 The other important characters are Polonius (Claudius’ adviser) and his
children Ophelia and Laertes.
The plot:  
What is the story about? Write short summary (around 100 words) What is the
main problem? 
 The story is about Hamlet who is the prince of Denmark. His father is dead and
he comes back home. The ghost of his father visits him and tells him that his
uncle killed his father by poisoning him. Hamlet is mad because his mother
married his uncle and he wants to revenge his father. He accidentally kills
Polonius, the king’s adviser, because he thought that was Claudius. Polonius’
daughter Ophelia drowns herself and her brother wants to revenge her and his
father’s death. Laertes and Hamlet fight with swords that Claudius poisoned.
Both of them are wounded and Hamlet kills Claudius and everyone is dead.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Answer one of the following questions in a short paragraph. Circle the
question you will be answering. 

1. Who is your favorite character? Why? (give 2 reasons) 

My favorite character is Hamlet because he loved his father and tried to
do everything to revenge him and because he was smart and organized
the play and checked that Claudius really killed his father.
2. What message do you think the author wants the reader to get from
this book? 
The author wants to tell us that revenge isn’t always the solution to solve
a problem because we can do something stupid or maybe even die like
Hamlet.
 
Give some advice to one of the characters.  
 
My advice to Hamlet
Revenge isn’t a solution. You can instead talk to your mother and tell her about
the story you heard from ghost. She can maybe talks to Claudius or report him
to the police.