In the Lion King, Scar kills his brother Mufasa by throwing him into a wild stampede. He then tells everyone that the king was killed but the stampede which is only half the truth. This false statement of the truth is found in the play Hamlet when Claudius pours poison into Old Hamlet’s ear and kills him but then tells the people that it was a serpent that bit him and poisoned him. Both of these statements are only half true. Another way death is seem to parallel in both the Lion King and in Hamlet is that when Timone and Pumbaa find Simba, Simba wishes he was dead, and half-heartedly tries to kill himself.
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.
MMacbeth Vs Brutus Macbeth and Brutus are the tragic heroes in the plays Macbeth and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Both of them murder their ruler and have tragic flaws. In Julius Caesar, Brutus helps the conspiracy assassinate the Roman leader, Julius Caesar because he is afraid that Caesar might misuse his power, but later realizes that the murder was not essential. Macbeth murders the King Duncan of Scotland in order to become the king himself. Both characters show signs of guilty conscience later in the play and eventually die for their tragic flaws.
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
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.
They are both the rightful heir to the thrown being son of the king. Unfortunately, each prince have a wicked uncle who longed for the throne. To gain the thrown, Claudius poisoned Hamlet Sr. and then marries hamlets mother Gertrude. Likewise, Scar throws Mufasa to his death to become leader of the pack, hence “marrying” Simba's mother Sarobi. At the same time, Hamlet Jr. is absent
In scene vii, Claudius tells Laertes that Hamlet is responsible for Polonius’ death and they advise a plan to kill him without the suspicions of foul play. Laertes also plans to use a sharpened sword instead of a dull fencing blade. Laertes is known for his expertise with a sword. Then tragic hits again as Gertrude comes in with news of Ophelia’s death. Ophelia drowned in the river, which causes Laertes to flee the room, overcome with grief.
The ghost informed Hamlet that he had been killed by Sir King Claudius and that Claudius was, in fact, Hamlet's uncle. From there, the ghost only asked for one thing and one thing only, and all the deceased king requested was revenge from his son. Taking in all this information, wanting to avenge his father's death, and wanting to do as his father asks causes Hamlet to do many crazy things, including pretending to have lost his sanity. This causes many deaths in the story during Hamlet's journey to revenge. One of which was Polonious, who was stabbed by Hamlet during Hamlets rant to his mother.
“He's their king but not their shepherd; he kills their sons and rapes the daughters”. Hearing the people’s cry, the gods create Enkidu as a match for Gilgamesh. The plan works in several ways. First Enkidu prevents Gilgamesh from entering the house of a bride and bridegroom; they fight and then become friends. Secondly, Enkudu and Gilgamesh go out on a journey into the forest to confront the terrible Humbaba.
Thus, Scar attempts to lead Simba to his death, who is saved by his father Mufasa at the last minute. Scar’s next scheme traps Simba in a canyon unknowingly awaiting a stampede, once again being saved by his father who is then killed by Scar. With Mufasa out of the way, Scar convinces the naive Simba that it is his fault that Mufasa died, further “advising” Simba to run away and leave the kingdom to him. Simba agrees and runs away into the jungle where he quickly befriends Timon and Pumbaa, who share their carefree ways of “no worries” with Simba. Years pass as Simba matures and adopts this simple lifestyle in the jungle while Scar has run the pride into a barren wasteland.