Shakespeare Tragedies and the Correlation to Modern-Day Entertainment: Shakespeare, an author and notorious writer of the late 1500s, is one we have all come to know as he is an extremely influential part of modern-day literature. One of his most popular plays that he wrote was Hamlet, one of his many tragedy stories. It was an extremely big play during the decade, and even today, 400 years later, high school and numerous college students still study it. Many different books, movies, television shows, and other aspects of our lives have been written and created using Shakespearean literature ideas. One example of this is the cherished movie, The Lion King. Although many may not know it was created by using the story Hamlet, it uses influential …show more content…
In Hamlet, King Hamlet was murdered with poison and died a quick yet painful death. Yet, in The Lion King Scar tricks the Mufasa, Scar puts Simba in a terrible position, and has the hyenas start a stampede, as Simba is running for his life Scar gets Mufasa and tells him his son is in trouble. With Mufasa saving his son's life yet losing his own as Scar throws him off a cliff, Scar gains the seat as King. Scar then scares young Simba into making him believe it was his fault and that he needs to run far away and never come back. Simba runs far away, finally meets his best friends, and lives in the jungle for a long period until he sees the ghost or spirit of his father. Sounds familiar, right? That’s because Hamlet also saw his father’s ghost and knew he had to avenge his death, as Hamlet’s overarching goal is to kill his uncle and get rid of the problem all at once. Simbas is quite different; his goal is to get the kingdom back on its feet, become king, and banish his terrible uncle from the kingdom. Overall, the films share the idea of their villainous uncles and the goal to avenge their …show more content…
First, let's break down Hamlet, the play ends with Latres and Hamlet having a sword fight, and with Hamlet gaining the first point Latres and Claudius’s plan begins to unfold. In both the films, the uncles wanted their nephews dead and took many measures to try and ensure that would happen. In Hamlet, the intense sword fight continues and Hamlet wins, yet Claudius and his mischievous plan start to fall into place. Claudius killed King Hamlet by poisoning him, and his goal was to do the same with Hamlet. The duel was simply a friendly type of fight with a secret and hideous plan. Laertes and the king knew Hamlet would most likely win so they put poison in the cup of wine to kill him, however after Gertrude (Hamlet's mother) accidentally poisoned herself by drinking it Laetres came up with a new plan. He dipped the tip of his sword into the capsule of poison in hopes of stabbing Hamlet, ending it once and for all. It leads into an intense moment of them fighting and Laetres ends up stabbing Hamlet, Then with Hamlet realizing what was on the tip of the sword he stabs Laetres and throws him over the
Hamlet & Lion King The Lion King and Hamlet have a storyline that is similar in many different ways. For example, Scar and Claudius are similar through the way that they betrayed and killed their own brother in order in order to become King. In The Lion King, Simba is visited by his father’s ghost, just as Hamlet is in the tragedy known as Hamlet. In the story of Hamlet, Hamlet is in love with Ophelia, but can not be with her due to the circumstances, like Nala and Simba in The Lion King. Although
Hamlet and Lion King Hamlet and The Lion King can be compared and contrasted in many ways. For example, the characters in both reflect the lives of each other, both have the death of two fathers, and both have the betrayal of family which make these similar stories. Hamlet is written in a more difficult style of writing than The Lion King which makes it difficult to understand by the modern reader at times. However, The Lion King portrays themes of betrayal in a way that students and even children
The characters in The Lion King are extremely similar to those in Hamlet. Simba, the main character in The Lion King is the equivalent to Hamlet, He is the son of the King and and next in line to the throne. The King of the Pridelands, Mufasa, is the Hamlet Senior character, who is killed by the uncle role. In The Lion King, the uncles name is Scar, and in Hamlet, the uncle character in Hamlet is Claudius. Laertes, is depicted as a henchman and right-hand man of Claudius, in the movie the Hyenas
Walt Disney’s The Lion King manages to put on a façade of revenge and responsibility by retelling the story of Hamlet by William Shakespeare through a children’s perspective. At first glance, The Lion King looks like another children’s film with its plethora of talking cartoon animals, goofy songs, and jokes but, with the overarching themes of revenge and responsibility playing a major factor in the movie, the comparison to Shakespeare’s most memorable play, Hamlet: Prince of Denmark isn’t unexpected
new twist. The Disney movie The Lion King contains many similarities to Shakespeare's play Hamlet, some of which are more obvious than others. Similarities in the character complexes of the three hyenas and Polonius's family, betrayal from Scar and Claudius, and the kingdoms deterioration and resolution are a few examples of the likenesses of the movie and play. One of the principal similarities between the Lion King and Hamlet exist in the character structures between Polonius’s family and the three
have their similarities with each other. There are the comparable characters in both the play and the movie. The similarities in the events of the story but some of the events are different chronologically. In both the play and the movie there are the diversities between the endings and who the intended audience it was made for. The animal characters in The Lion King resembles some of the characters in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. In the Disney movie, The Lion King, Simba resembles Hamlet throughout
Hamlet and The Lion King Today’s entertainment has lost most of its touch with the more classical influences of its antecedents. In the mid-1990’s, Walt Disney released what could arguably be the best animated feature- The Lion King. Unlike most movies released around this time, The Lion King placed a children’s facade on a very serious story of responsibility and revenge. However, this movie is portrayed as the oldest theme in history written by William Shakespeare. The Disney movie parallels
Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ and Disney’s ‘Lion King’. Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ shows us that betrayal isn’t just about murder and killing, but more about the feeling of vengeance. However, both texts have a powerful theme of betrayal, as brothers of the previous king killed their own brother to become king, going behind their own families back to be a selfish and ignorant king. Through the analysis of both texts, even though they both share similarities, the opening settings are very different. In The Lion King
are many movies that are based off of Hamlet, but The Lion King is one of the most popular one that people know of today. Though different in how they are set and characters these movies could not be anymore the same. Even though William Shakespeare created Hamlet the creators at Disney could not have done a better job to make The Lion King. The ways that they are alike is that first The Lion King is a good representation of Hamlet, and second is that Hamlet and Simba are two similar characters,
Throughout Disney’s movie, The Lion King, many key points seem to overlap with those of Shakespeare’s well known play, Hamlet. Although released nearly three hundred years apart, The Lion King mirrors Hamlet in both the plot and its characters. In both works, the plot follows the life of an heir to the kingdoms throne, Hamlet and Simba, as he copes with the death of his father whom he looked up to most. The story unfolds as both sons try to reclaim what is rightfully his own after his uncle unjustly
Hamlet and Lion King Hamlet and Lion King has lots of differences and similarities. In the Lion king, Scar, Simba’s uncle killed his father. In Hamlet, Hamlets uncle Claudius killed his father old hamlet. Simba's crush was his childhood friend, but hamlets crush was a peasant. Sarabi the queen didn't like Simbas uncle but in Hamlet, Hamlet's mom remarried his uncle. In Hamlet, his uncle killed his father by poison in his sleep. Hamlet's father was sleeping in the orchard
Hamlet and Lion King Hamlet and Lion King have a lot of similarities and differences but they have basically the same plot. Even though the Lion King is a cartoon and the characters are animals you can still tell the same thing is going on. In my opinion, these two stories are really interesting and will have you dying to know what happens next. In this essay I will be talking about the story Hamlet, the Lion King and comparing/contrasting. First off, Hamlet is a story about a prince and his
with “The Lion King”. Having zero comparable traits with all forms of entertainment at the time, the way it was produced and created put it at the top of the entertainment food chain. Through utilization of animation “The Lion King” was able to recreate “Hamlet” a story of blood lust, deceit, and death. But alas, this theme is not of new nature, and is no stranger to one of the best writers to have graced the world with his presence. This Disney trademark work replicates that of “Hamlet”, the film
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TASK Introduction Intertextuality is the relationship between texts, writers and directors use this technique to reference other text all the time. Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff’s The Lion King uses the intertextuality technique of allusion of the play The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark written by William Shakespeare. There are lots of similarities that connect the two together but also a lot of differences that keep them there own separate texts. The context, plot and
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (2008) has influenced many modern movies because of its several compelling themes featuring madness, revenge, and manipulation. Perhaps one of the most popular movies loosely influenced by Hamlet (2008) is Disney’s The Lion King (1994). Although The Lion King (1994) is a family film primarily created for children and concludes with a happy ending, many elements of the animated film parallel Shakespeare’s Hamlet (2008). Characters from The Lion King (1994) can be matched