The dead king’s sons (Simba and Hamlet), the protagonists, despise the kings and do not really know what they had to do with their father’s death. With the boosting help of an outside force they take up the courage to confront and successfully vow their father’s revenge. The ghost motive plays a key role in both stories, when the spiritual form of the protogonist’s dead fathers appear, but there are differences. In Hamlet, Hamlet’s father reveals that it was Claudius who killed him. In The Lion King, Mufasa convinces Simba to reclaim the kingdom.
This is many years and decades away from the time The Lion King was released (1994); taken away the fact that one is animated with a herd of African wildlife and the other with humans, they seem to mimic each other in the message within the stories. There is more than one comparison but the most obvious is the plot. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a character named Hamlet Jr. (or young Hamlet) discovers his uncle, Claudius, is responsible for the death of his father, Hamlet Sr. (Old Hamlet). Young Hamlet then makes it his responsibility to avenge his father’s murderer. The overall summary of Hamlet is that there is an easy and unbalanced political unrest after the demise of Old Hamlet.
The three biggest parallels of the stories are the presence of death images and symbolism, the actions of the secondary characters, and the development of the tragic hero. There are many differences between the stories involving characters, and detailed plot points, but the main storylines are essentially the same. Death is a reoccurring theme that can be found in both Hamlet and the Lion king. Scar and Claudius believe themselves to be stronger mentally than their brothers, and so they believe they would make better kings thus killing their brothers. In the Lion King, Scar kills his brother Mufasa by throwing him into a wild stampede.
In the end, the sons of the old king and Macduff, enemy of Macbeth, join forces to defeat Macbeth and take the throne. Macduff kills Macbeth and Banquo’s son eventually becomes king. Banquo is a very important character in Macbeth. He is Macbeth’ best friend. He is everything
Revenge in Hamlet Hamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare and is based on revenge and how the act of certain individuals can lead to tragedy and affect everyone. Hamlet’s father has just died, and as a ghost, visits Hamlet and secretly tells him the truth of what had happened. He tells Hamlet that he did not die of natural causes, but was poisoned by Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle and now stepfather. This encounter begins a challenge and obligation to seek revenge for his father. Hamlet is speaking to the mysterious ghost, whose message is if Hamlet ever loved his father he will “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (1.5.25).
In The Lion King the theme of revenge is shown through the actions of Simba who returns to defeat Scar and avenge his father’s death by taking revenge on Scar. The theme of revenge is also a driving factor of the plot in the film as it initiates Simba's return. Simba is also visited by his father’s ghost who establishes the theme and desire for revenge in Simba, and presents it as a theme in the film. The characters in The Lion King and Hamlet are erringly similar to each other but Hamlet and Simba posses the most similarities. In Hamlet, Hamlet is the protagonist of the story and is unaware of how his
Hamlet pursues his failures by holding off his intentions to kill Claudius, unsuccessfully claiming his love for Ophelia, and the accidental murder of Polonius. All the aforementioned events ultimately lead to the tragic events in the play. King Hamlet’s questionable death results in Claudius’s reign over the Kingdom. Through the appearances of the former ruler's Ghost, the accountability of King Hamlet’s death, Claudius becomes the main suspect of the King’s death. Hamlet decides to kill Claudius to seek revenge over his father’s death.
Why Does Hamlet Delay? For centuries William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet has been under much analysis. In the play, the ghost of Hamlet’s father comes to him saying that he was murdered. Hamlet is surprised to also find out that his uncle Claudius is the murderer of his father. Hamlet’s father tells him that he must get revenge on his uncle for him; he wants Hamlet to kill Claudius.
This is apparent through the appearance of his father. The apparition claims that “I am thy [Hamlet’s] father’s spirit” (I.v.14). This shows that the king’s physical body is dead but not his soul. But the king admits that he had done some bad things in his life therefore he is “doomed for a certain term to walk the night” (I.v.15). As hamlet figures it out that the husband of his mother is a murderer—Uncle Claudius—he realizes that his mother is at fault.
Laertes did not even know with certainty that Claudius killed his father, seen by how he asks, “Where is my father?’’ instead of immediately accusing the king of the deed (IV,v,128). Still, that did not stop him from gathering followers, declaring that he should be king, and breaking down the castle doors, without even knowing all the facts. Clearly, he did not follow his father’s advice of avoiding “entrance to a quarrel.” However, he kept to the second part of the advice, of making sure to win the conflict once he had already begun. Unlike Hamlet, he thinks of a plan to kill his enemy with a poisoned blade (IV,vii), and actually follows