The Struggle For Power In The Movie Becket

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In the movie Becket, it reveals the conflict of Thomas Becket and King Henry the II fighting for power. In the Lion King, Simba is the heir to the throne heir means your next in line to become king if your dad dies most of the time the oldest son would become king, in this case, Simba would become king. His evil uncle named Scar is trying to take over the pride lands. So Scar makes a plan to kill Mufasa and his son because then he can become the king of the pride lands. Scare’s plan was to make Simba and Mufasa get run over by a stampede. Then later scar attacks him with his claws and scratches Mufasa so he ends up falling off the cliff into a stampede. Becket got picked to be the archbishop of Canterbury because he was a friend of king Henry the 2. …show more content…

King Henry II said “Who shall rid me of this troublesome priest?” (1964 Becket). After four knights over herd King Henry II say this and went to the church to kill Becket because they thought he said to kill Becket . Then King Henry II would get the power of the church. Subsequently King Henry II would be able to do more things scene Becket is not have the power of the church.
Secondly Becket stayed on the side of the King, living a lavish lifestyle e
(http://www.intriguing-history.com). Becket stayed on the side of the King because he was a friend of Henry and wanted Becket to get a job In the church. Becket got to much power in the church so Henry tried to get him to lose power so then King Henry would have great power over the church.
Then he would get some power over the

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