“Knock knock.” “Who’s there?” Disney’s The Lion King is a children’s movie about a pride of lions that lose their king due to a jealous brother and the runaway prince that is believed to be dead, due to a threat of the jealous brother. William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play about a jealous brother that murders his own brother, all for the throne and perks that come with it. William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Disney’s The Lion King are similar because both of the father’s die and are different because Claudius marries Gertrude.
Hamlet and The Lion King are similar because both Hamlet and Simba’s father’s die. In Act 1, scene 4, Hamlet is seeing the ghost of his father for the first time since his death. The ghost motions for Hamlet to follow him and everyone thinks it is a bad idea. The other guards think the ghost will harm him or turn him crazy, but Hamlet goes anyways. It beckons you to go away with it/As if it some impartment did desire/To you alone” (Shakespeare I.iv.61-63). This quote proves the movie and play are similar because the ghost tells Hamlet the truth about his death. After Hamlet talked to his…show more content… Scar told him that he should work on his roar, which would later be the fake reasoning for the herd to stampede, killing his father. When the old kings were out of the way for the new kings, they turned the kingdoms into a mess. In the movie they lost all their food and had nothing to eat. They had ran all the herds of animals out of the land. Both of the brothers, the new kings, are responsible for the deaths of their brothers. They committed murder for one major reason, they wanted to be king and posses all the power that came along with being king. Because of the deaths of the kings, Hamlet and The Lion King are similar. Hamlet and The Lion King are different because Hamlet’s mother remarries to Claudius. In act 1, scene 2, Claudius is trying to
