Look at the facts, the majority of what Ophelia is how she is seen by a man, whether that man be her father, brother, or Hamlet, there is not a lot of personality outside of that for her “My lord, he hath importun'd me with love In honourable fashion”(act 1 scene 3). But with Nala you see her have adventures when she was a child, and when Scar takes over she goes off in search of a way to stop him. Nala is what Ophelia could have been Helping the male characters achieve his goals, while still having her own. “Lay her i' the earth;-- And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring!--I tell thee, churlish priest, A ministering angel shall my sister be When thou liest howling”(act 5 scene 1). Instead of what happened with Ophelia being killed for the sole purpose of motivating Laertes and Hamlet into action. Nala is a character with her own motivation and goals while Ophelia is basically just another prop in the play. The Lion King may be a movie that was meant to be for children but it’s character are more developed than its source material. The Lion King is a wonderful adaption for Hamlet that gave it’s own
Look at the facts, the majority of what Ophelia is how she is seen by a man, whether that man be her father, brother, or Hamlet, there is not a lot of personality outside of that for her “My lord, he hath importun'd me with love In honourable fashion”(act 1 scene 3). But with Nala you see her have adventures when she was a child, and when Scar takes over she goes off in search of a way to stop him. Nala is what Ophelia could have been Helping the male characters achieve his goals, while still having her own. “Lay her i' the earth;-- And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring!--I tell thee, churlish priest, A ministering angel shall my sister be When thou liest howling”(act 5 scene 1). Instead of what happened with Ophelia being killed for the sole purpose of motivating Laertes and Hamlet into action. Nala is a character with her own motivation and goals while Ophelia is basically just another prop in the play. The Lion King may be a movie that was meant to be for children but it’s character are more developed than its source material. The Lion King is a wonderful adaption for Hamlet that gave it’s own