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Rhetorical Language In Macbeth And The Lion King

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In the play “Macbeth”, written in 1606 by William Shakespeare and the film “The Lion King” released in 1994, Roger Allers demonstrates in depth that ambition for royalty will lead one to betray his peers. This has vividly been portrayed throughout the film and novel with the use of rhetorical language and by the visible actions of the characters involved.

In the play Macbeth, he is constantly thinking about what his life would be like if he was king and creates a plan to execute and replace the king. He successfully completes the execution of King Duncan and will become the leader. Macbeth’s strong desire to become king and inherit the royalty has caused him to betray his king and seek his power. Macbeth states that “I have no spur to prick …show more content…

He has found a way to manipulate words and lie to hide the fact that he was the one who murdered the king to seek his power. Macbeth states ”Tis is not for you to hear what I can speak, the repetition, recurrence in a woman's ear, would murder as it fell” (A2, S2 93-95). Macbeth has found a way to lie around the death of King Duncan, he uses a rhetoric language which helps manipulate and persuade the audience to believe what he is trying to get across. To continue, in the film “The Lion King” Scar has tendencies to use rhetoric language to help him betray, manipulate and gain power as king too. Scar manipulated Simba, the king’s son by using an effective rhetorical strategy to make him go to the “Elephant Graveyard”. Scar knew the “Elephant Graveyard “was banned for Simba by his father, yet he gave him directions to basically lead himself to his own death. The king, Mufasa goes out to save his son from the unfortunate events that may occur but Scar betrayed the king and killed his own brother. “Run away Simba...Run. Run forever away and never return, just look at what have you done.” This quote portrays how Scar manipulated his words using rhetoric language to make Simba think he killed his father. He then convinces Simba he killed the king and to leave his home forever. Scar has then put himself in position to become the king and gain the royalty and power

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