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The Lion King By Roger Allers And Irene Mecchi

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The Lion King by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi is a book about a young lion cub named Simba, who searches for his destiny in the great "Circle of Life." He embarks on extraordinary adventures on his journey to become the King. His father, the current King, is named Mufasa. Mufasa has a evil brother named Scar. Scar is constantly jealous of Mufasa, so he hires three hyenas to kill the King so he can become king himself. He also sends them after Simba, next in line to the throne. These are only a couple of examples of the similarities between the Shakespearean play Macbeth and the Lion King. Granting all this, the most significant equivalent is how Simba changes throughout the book, just like Lady Macbeth and Macbeth himself. The Macbeths, a …show more content…

Macbeth himself starts to become scared of a lot of things, and Lady Macbeth is cruel and harasses him for it. At this point, Macbeth has had enough of his wife and starts leaving her out of his plans. For example, he did not tell her that he planned on murdering Banquo, Fleance, and Macduff’s whole family. He is most likely afraid of telling her anything any more. She is violent, remorseful, and acting out in her sleep. Lady Macbeth would get up in the middle of the night and replay the night of the King's murder. Lady Macbeth says in her sleep: “Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him.” (5.1.28-30). In this quote, Lady Macbeth is openly stating that she is surprised that so much blood could come out of King Duncan's body. While Lady Macbeth was acting out in her sleep, Macbeth started acting out as well. He turns into something dangerous. He would lash out for no reason, and murder just because he …show more content…

and Mrs. Macbeth’s characters seem to swap. Lady Macbeth has become this weak, stagnant creature. Only staring at walls, and rarely having anything to say. If there were psychiatric wards at this time, she would no doubt be placed in one. Her madness lead to suicide, which is probably the only cure for her sickness. On the contrary, Macbeth has become ruthless and over confident. In some such way, he allows the witches to take the place of his wife. He looks to them to give him an ego boost. Constant misinterpretation of the prophecies they keep giving him, is leading him to think he can withstand any army that breaks through his gates. “Then live, Macduff. What need I fear of thee?” (4.1.85). Macbeth starts to believe that he does not have anything to fear. This is a perfect example of his inflated ego clouding his

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