Although the movie The Lion King is often times viewed as nothing more than a child-based movie, in actuality, it contains a much deeper meaning. It is a movie that not only displays the hardships of maturation, and the perplexities associated with growing, but it is also a movie that deals with the search for one's identity and responsibility. As said by director Julie Taymor, "In addition to being a tale about a boy's personal growth, the `Lion King' dramatizes the ritual of the `Circle of Life'." Throughout The Lion King, Simba must endeavor through the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth to take his place in the circle of life, as king of the pridelands.
One of the most enthralling central themes that exist in the Lion King are the concepts of the "Circle of Life." It is a concept that momentously emphasizes that everyone and everything attains an essential position in the world, that everyone and everything fulfill a major role in nature, and that everyone and that everything intricately fit into the great mosaic of life. It is through the vast assortment of the flora and fauna that is found in the pridelands, that Mufasa is able to explain this phenomenon to the young Simba. Informing Simba that life is a continuous cycle, built upon of the sociological trinity of: birth, death, and rebirth; he explains to Simba:
"Everything exists together in a delicate balance. As king you need to understand that balance, and respect all the creatures...when we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. The sun rises from the night, and the winter becomes the spring, so life arises from death. Everything is connected in the great circle of life."
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... The sustenance of Timon, Pumba, and Nala, reaffirms Simba's need to reestablish the circle of life. Simba's fear of returning is now broken.
Simba embraces Scar valiantly, avenging his father's death, and destroying the shadow that destroyed him. The death of Scar brings the rebirth of the kingdom, the rebirth of Pride Rock, and the rebirth of power and justice. Simba roars a vociferous roar, restoring life to the pridelands. It begins to rain, symbolizing the cleansing of power, and the rejuvenation of Simba.
The Lion King concludes with the birth of Simba's child, mimicking the birth of Simba. The ceremony is performed with the same amount of gracefulness and sovereignty as before, which in a sense, illustrates the beginning of the movie once again. This final ceremony not only brings a close to Simba's journey, but a completion to the circle of life.
... the cause for all of the bad that had happened. This scene represents guilt and desperateness however, Simba does not fall for it. Scar ends up falling into a pit of fire which represents Hell. The hues that are used to create the fire are a monochromatic of red and orange. In the pit of fire there is no physical line for the foreground. As the story ends, Simba claims the throne and restores the Pride Land. The circle of life continues when Simba and Nala give birth to a newborn cub.
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In the movie Simba feels that the death of his father, Mufasa, is his fault and that he is the one to blame, when in actuality Scar killed Mufasa so that he would have chance a being next in line for the throne to claim the title as King. Because of his father's death Simba runs away and tries to live a life of no responsibilites. “As Simba says, “I just needed to get out on my own, live my own life, and I did, and it’s great.” There are clear parallels here with Jesus’s Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11 32). In the parable, the son thinks he can live better without the responsibilities he has while living with his family, and so leaves to live in a ‘far country’. This is exactly how Simba behaves.” (Barfield, Jonathan), so as you can see, the two have a lot in common, The Lion King retold the story in a children friendly
The Lion King is a Disney animated movie portraying the life and times of Simba, who later becomes the greatest lion king known in the land. Simba's rise to the throne is a journey fraught with perils and hardships that make it an absolutely trilling story for the whole family! Although The Lion King is an exciting and entertaining movie, the movie is also a good illustration of several psychology concepts.
This upsets the Hyenas. They leave Scar to fight Simba by himself. Simba wins the fight and throws Scar off a cliff, into the herd of the Hyenas. The hyenas show no remorse for Scar and they trample over him, killing him. Once Simba takes back the throne, the whole kingdom becomes beautiful again and everyone is happy.
Through dance and movement, the storyline were expanded with the assistance of choreographer, Garth Fagan. A well-renowned choreographer for his innovative choreography primarily for Garth Fagan dance, Fagan used his unique style of choreography to the Lion King by combining a variety of Ballet, Jazz, Modern Dance, African Dance and Balinese Dance to suggest representations of nature without making a replica itself and use dance to help tell the story (Exploring the Lion King, 2010). Taymor’s idea of expanding the film by adding in choreographic elements not only will set the overall concept, it would additionally guide the visual aesthetic by allowing dance as the main element that balances musical numbers in all categories: effects, music and so on into the choreography (Bluemental et al 210:1999). Both Fagan and Taymor gave major contributions to the different styles of dance and performance techniques from around the world creating the precision and versatility that is being portrayed in the musical. In order to create the ideal staging of the hunting lionesses, flying dancers in the aerial ballet to the takeover of the hyenas at Pridelands, the collaboration between Fagan and Taymor gave suggestions of how these movements being performed with grace and poise using different dance styles and are cultural based be the forefront of the production(Taymor 148:1997). By looking at three notable dances in the musical, this chapter will analyse the presence of dance and movement being portrayed in the musical and how are these dances create the drama, still giving the idea of moving in an African Savannah. Furthermore, this will give an insight to all challenges and pitfalls both Fagan and Taymor endured during the development of the...
“God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also in the trees, and the flowers and clouds and stars” (Martin Luther). What this quote addresses is that the word of God is not just in one text but everywhere in the world. People such as writers tend to express allusions to God in their novels or poems and artists express these feelings through paintings (like the Renaissance) or even through song. However, In the day and age, those messages are often concealed in a metaphor or underlying theme. What these secret messages all have in common is the idea of faith. Faith is the driving force of passion and emotion, and it allows people to find their true selves.Faith is the struggle between good and evil, as seen in William Shakespeare’s
While Simba is initially reluctant to return after living such a peaceful life in the jungle, the spirit of his dead father speaks to him and convinces him to take back the throne from Scar. Simba listens to the words of his father and heads back to confront Scar for a final and decisive fight that will define who would be king for years to come.
The beloved movie “The Lion King” is actually based on a african folktale called sundiata. Sundiata is the story of a young boy who is heir to the throne. However, due to family issues, he is not accepted as king. You can probably already start to see the similarities. In “The Lion King” many story points from the original story are taken out because it had to be transformed for american culture.
Wouldn’t you want to be a lion? Ruler of the savannah and a mighty beast in which has little worries. It’s no surprise that in many cases lions are used to depict god-like personas and figures in popular folk tales. Now who is tasked with taking such folk-tales and turning them into desirable, extravagant movies fit for people of all ages? Disney is. In fact Disney was able to create one of the most “richest” movies ever. This movie, “The Lion King”, starts out with a young lion cub named Simba. This little lion cub is the heir the throne of his father, Mufasa. All is going well for the lion cub until we meet his jealous uncle Scar, who is obsessed with the idea that he should be the
Many perceive The Lion King, Disney's most successful movie to date, as Disney's only original movie; the only movie not previously a fairy tale from one country or another. This, however, is not the case. While The Lion King seems not to be beased on a fairy tale, it is in fact strongly based on the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Disney writers cleverly conceal the basic character archetypes and simplified storyline in a children's tale of cute lions in Africa. To the seasoned reader, however, Hamlet comes screaming out of the screenplay as obviously as Hamlet performed onstage.
The main character of The Lion King is Simba, the young prince of the jungle, who “just can’t wait to be king.” Simba keeps this mindset throughout the beginning of the film, and there is no doubt that he will live a normal life, much like that of numerous “kings of the past,” as his father, Mufasa, calls them. Looking back at The Secret, it is said that, “you attract you dominant thoughts,” and since Simba’s most dominant thought is his future throne, that is what will easily come into reality. Later on, though, Simba loses his way, and casts all his cares to the wayside. It is at this point that the throne is no longer his, shown by a depressing cinematic ...
It has been said by many intelligent and informed people that Disney's The Lion King is a children's version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, meaning they are both similar stories. The Lion King, Is a story of a cub named Simba who is to succeed his father, Mufasa, as a king; however, Simba's uncle Scar does not like that a cub is to replace the king and not him. So Scar murders Mufasa and Simba flees into exile. This story is similar to William Shakespeare’s Hamlet in many ways; both are the story of a young male prince who is torn apart by the early death of his father. Also the uncle that takes over the throne that should rightly belong to the prince, and both of the tragic heroes overcome their own flaws and uncertainties to take back their thrones
Characters from The Lion King (1994) can be matched to characters found in Hamlet (2008); with Simba being Prince Hamlet--the main protagonist, Mufasa as King Hamlet--the slain king, and Scar as Claudius--the greedy uncle. The most obvious similarity between The Lion King (1994) and Hamlet (2008) is both works feature the murder of the king by the hands of his greedy brother. However, the difference is the methods used to execute the monarch. Claudius was able to take the throne after poisoning his brother and Scar was responsible for Mufasa’s death because he pushed Mufasa off the ledge of a cliff he was hanging on to.
What is the circle of life? In a time when the Disney animation renaissance ruled the cinema world, one movie had ruled entirely over all. In 1994 at the height of the company’s own resurrection, Disney released the epic musical drama The Lion King. It was a critically acclaimed movie that has spawned off into a Broadway musical, a spin-off show, and two sequels. I first saw the Lion King when I was three years old and to this day is one of my favorite movies. Little did I know the Lion King was much more than a movie about a young lion stepping in place of his father’s absence, but more of a spin on the Shakespeare play Hamlet. The movie resonates to me now more then ever as I am older and can identify the themes and influences in the movie.