Comparative Analysis Hamlet and the Lion King - 1828 Words

Comparative analysis: Hamlet and The Lion King Hamlet is a 1990 drama film based on a tragic play with the same name, written by William Shakespeare. On the other side The Lion King is an animated musical movie. Walt Disney Pictures released the movie in 1994. As the movie Hamlet, The Lion King was also influenced by Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet. Both the movies are about revenging the death of a cherished family member but in different ways. Since a long time the idea of revenge has existed in our human nature. It has been our instinct to take back for a person that has been hurt. Today we find that many literary works uses revenge as a theme for the plot but how it is shown depends from a character to another. Hamlet and The Lion†¦show more content†¦Remember who you are. Remember. Remember†¦ †(The Lion King, movie). Mufasa did no tell Simba the truth that it was Scar that had killed him. He did not tell him directly what do but rather indirectly; to take back the kingdom and to restore the peace that once was. Simba is very much like Hamlet. They are both sons of wrongfully murdered kings. Both of them delay their revenge. Hamlet does this knowingly while Simba runs away from his problems rather than facing them. He runs away because Scar says, â€Å"run away Simba, and never return†(The Lion King, movie) and that it was his fault that his father had died. Simba still being a young cub believ es Scar. Simba runs into the jungle believing that no one would want him after what he had done. What Simba did not know was that Scar had ordered the Hyenas to kill Simba while he was running away to the jungle but the Hyenas did not complete their job due to laziness. This shows similarities with Hamlet as Claudius had also ordered the British king to kill Hamlet while he was sent in exile to England but that did not either go as planed. While being in the jungle, Simba come across Pumbaa and Timon, who becomes his friend and are supposed to illustrate Rosencrantz and Guildenstern from Hamlet. Despite that, Pumbaa and Timon are a â€Å"nicer† version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. They become Simbas true friends and they teach him about â€Å"Hakauna Matata† which means â€Å"no worries†. This leads Simba into abandoningShow MoreRelatedA Picatrix Miscellany52019 Words   |  209 Pagescomprehensive of the grimoires, or handbooks of magic. The attribution to the Andalusian mathematician al-Majriti (or al-Madjriti) (d. ca. 1004-7) is considered pseudo-epigraphic. The Latin translation dates to 1256 and the court of Alphonso the Wise, king of Castille, and exerted a considerable influence on Western magic thereafter. It is said that much of Ficino’s astrological magic derives from the Picatrix (see I.P.Couliano, Eros and Magic in the Renaissance, University of Chicago Press, 1987, pRead Mo reMandinka Empire21578 Words   |  87 Pagesmispronunciation by Southern slaves of â€Å"master.†1 Massa is in fact the correct Bainouk and Cassanga ethnic group pronunciation of mansa, the famous word used so widely among the adjacent and dominant Mande peoples in northern and coastal west Africa to denote king or boss. In this new framework, the changes wrought by Mandinka, the Mande more broadly, and African culture generally on the South, are every bit as significant as the linguistic infusions of the Norman Conquest into what became English. Long beforeRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesof systematic study. Identify the major behavioral science disciplines that contribute to OB. Demonstrate why few absolutes apply to OB. Identify the challenges and opportunities managers have in applying OB concepts. Compare the three levels of analysis in this book’s OB model. MyManagementLab Access a host of interactive learning aids to help strengthen your understanding of the chapter concepts at www.mymanagementlab.com cott Nicholson sits alone in his parents’ house in suburban Boston