Claudius and Scar are characters whom have played very similar roles in the book/movie. They were the jealous brothers who killed the Kings so they came take their throne. Claudius became King of Denmark and Scar became King of Pride Rock. The Hyenas and Rosencrantz and Guildenberg are characters whom have played the roles of betrayal in the book/movie. The hyenas betrayed Scar when Scar ordered them to kill Simba before he runs away.
In both the play and the movie the fathers of both princes approach their sons in the same way, each prince encountered a ghost who told them what really happen to their fathers. In the Lion king the ghost did not tell Simba who the killer was where as in Hamlet they did. Scar like in hamlet also takes advantage of his new power and leads his people to war. After this we see when the differences between the two works happen. In the Lion King Scar never once feels bad for killing Mufasa and even confesses to Simba proudly that he was the one who killed his father.
His mechanical body resurrects him into Darth Vader. • Atonement With the Father: Anakin’s father figure has been the Emperor for some time, and when he is shown the choice between letting him torture his son and destroying him himself, he chooses to save his son. So not only does he finally destroy his “father”s evil influence, but becomes at-one with his own fatherhood in acknowledging his Jedi son. • Apotheosis: Anakin as Vader destroys the Emperor, thus becoming the savior of the world and a blue-and-glowing Jedi ghost as well. • The Ultimate Boon: By sacrificing himself in destroying the Emperor, Anakin finds ultimate redemption, and gives freedom to the galaxy.
The ending of Odyssey’s story was him reuniting with his family, but Jason didn’t reunite with his family because his dad already died. The characters in both stories came upon monsters in their journey, and there was a cyclop in both
In almost all Greek myths the hero has a hard time leaving his home until he is pushed to do so. In “Theseus” his Poseidon pushes him to save the king that he used to think was his father. In “Star Wars” Luke’s family gets killed by the Empire pushing him to want revenge against them and to learn the way of the force with Obi Won Kanobi. In the initiation part of “Star Wars” Luke Skywalker” goes up against all odds and takes on one
In Sophocles “Oedipus the king”, Oedipus was sent to mount Cithaeron as a new born baby to die after his father (King Laius) was cursed by the gods and heard of a prophecy that his son is to kill his father and marry his mother (Queen Jocasta). The Shepard in charge of this could not kill the baby so instead Oedipus is adopted. Later Oedipus hears about the prophecy, and leaves, afraid that the prophecy would come true. Along the way he gets in a fight with a man and kills him, unknowingly his father. He then solves a riddle from the Sphinx, which has been terrorizing a kingdom, and in return, the kingdom gives him their queen's hand in marriage, which is his biological mother.
This new system meant that rather than being thrown into a pond to see if you would sink or float to determine your guilt or innocence, traveling judges would pass through and gather a jury of 12 men to rightfully judge your case and determine if you were guilty. When Henry died, his son Richard became king. Richard, known as the lionheart, spent most of his time away from his kingdom on crusades and other battles needing to be fought. While Richard was away, his devious brother John was devising a plan to steal the throne. Soon following Richards death, John became king, and was said to be the worst monarch to ever sit on the throne.
In Lion King Simba is chosen to be the next king over his uncle Scar, when Mufasa (the current king) is killed Simba is next in line to take over. Scar, wanting to become the next king, and tells Simba that it is his fault that Mufasa died when it was really Scar's fault. This causes Simba to leave Pride Rock based on Scar's advice. Scar sends his hyena army to kill Simba to permanently get rid of him, but Simba escapes and is driven far away from pride rock. He decides later that he needs to return and fight Scar for all his past wrong doings and take over as king.
First off, in the wizarding world, Harry is a living legend. His own parents were killed by Lord Voldemort, a power-obsessed dark wizard, who also attempted to kill Harry, but he instead lives on as a legend. In Twilight, there are no major heroes like Harry, because Twilight is merely based around love and foreverness. Throughout the series, Harry faces many life-threatening and difficult challenges. In the Harry Potter franchise, Harry starts out by being introduced to the wizard world.
Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother in the epic poem but in the movie he makes a deal with demon leading to his downfall. In the epic poem, Beowulf returns to Geatland after he defeats Grendel’s mother where he eventually becomes king of the Geats. However, in the film they have King Hrothgar crowning Beowulf king and granting Beowulf his lovely wife, Welthow. King Hrothgar dies of old age in the epic poem but in the movie he kills himself. I believe in the movie Hrothgar knows Grendel’s mother will continue her terror upon the Danes and he does not want to be there when she does.