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Comparing Hamlet And The Lion King

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Family can be deceiving and sometimes justice must be seeked in order to be served, Hamlet by William Shakespeare is a play about a young prince who seeks revenge against his uncle. The Lion King is a disney movie about a lion prince who disappears from his kingdom after his father dies. It has been widely debated on whether if the Lion King took inspiration from Hamlet or not. Both instances share key similarities that reader and watchers could pick out easily. In both stories the main characters have a similar background. Hamlet, is a young and impressionable Prince of Denmark, son to the King of Denmark who had died recently in the story (Act 1, Scene 1). Similarly, Simba, from the Lion King, is also a prince of a king, Mufasa, who passed …show more content…

In Hamlet the uncle, Claudius, wants the late king’s wife, and in The Lion King, Scar wants the Mufasa’s power over the land. Scar and Claudius also share some similar characteristics, both are very deceptive, ruthless, and egocentric. For example, Uncles from both the Lion and Hamlet have attempted to kill off their nephews. In Hamlet, Claudius sends Hamlet off to England where he assumes that Hamlet would not survive (Act 1, Scene 3). In The Lion King, Scar scares Simba off making him run into the wilderness where he could be killed by the hyenas (Stampede Scene). Furthermore, in both movie and play, the main characters build a strong friendship with their companions. In Hamlet, Hamlet has a strong friendship with his best friend from college, Horatio. Horatio main role within the play is to inspire Hamlet and guide his to decisions. Similarly, Pumba and Timon inspires and guides Simba, they pick him up when he is troubled and taught him how to enjoy life. Hamlet’s and Simba’s lives both spirals out of control when their uncles take over, Hamlet is plagued with the ideas of ways to get rid of Claudius, meanwhile, Simba has troubles finding out who he really

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At this moment, we hear the voice of Mufasa, and instantly, I felt chills. Unlike the encounter with the ghost in the Branagh film, the appearance of Simba’s father in the clouds was emotional but heartfelt. When he reappears to remind his son that he is the one true king, Mufasa tells Simba he “must take his place in the circle of life.” Evidently, this dialogue does not match up to the original Hamlet text, but parallels can be drawn as both of the deceased fathers expect something of their son. Another change made between the original and the adaptation is the addition of Rafiki’s character.

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Compared to Shakespeare's Hamlet, Disney's 1994 adaption into The Lion King was meant for a different audience and has a simplified and cutesy version of the problems that are seen in Hamlet. The intent was because Disney wanted to make a profit, and why not turn a classic like Shakespeare's Hamlet into capitalistic gain? Disney kept the vaguest, simplest plot of Hamlet, but nearly everything else was changed in order to accommodate the change in audience. The director chose to keep a skeleton of the major plot points while changing nearly everything about the play that was descriptive or filler. This was done in order to adapt the play into more of a child-friendly version.

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Simba also escaped this strategy and returned home with the help of his new friends, Timon the meerkat and Pumba the warthog. Simba, similar to Hamlet, kills his uncle by pushing him off of a cliff. Hamlet and Simba have many similar aspects to their personalities, but are also very different. Their relationships with other people demonstrate how they differ. Simba does not let Nala, his love interest, down by telling her he never loved her.

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In more ways than one the world of Disney has somewhat interacted in the world of Shakespeare. Hamlet and The Lion King ,all though years apart in the making, have been drafted to be almost similar with little to no differences. They are similar in the ways of the plot and the moral background, but different as far as the ending transition of Hamlet and Simba are combined. The plot of Hamlet and The Lion King alike are about an Uncle to the King, or a heir next in line to the throne trying to gain power. Thus including some of the main characters being the King, the Queen, the King and Queen’s son, the son’s first love, his first loves’ father, two of the son’s instigating friends, and of course the son’s one and only true friend.

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