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Comparing Hamlet And The Lion King

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Shakespeare, a name most of us dread to hear as it comes with complicated language, and slag from an era that most don't know about. Even though most people want to finish a Shakespeare book for a school assignment, we don't seem to realize how many times movies have used Shakespeare plays as an inspiration for their own. The Lion King was an award-winning movie, people thought of an original, as it followed a young lion on his way of defeating his fears. This whole movie can be traced back to the play "Hamlet" by Shakespeare. Both the movie and the play have a lot in common. The movie follows Simba a young cub, who knows that once he is older he will become king of the pride land. When looking at Hamlet, we see that he is also the prince
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