The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” Meets “The Lion King”
Two Stories of Revenge
To take a classic Shakespearian tragedy and turn it into a children's film seems almost beyond comprehension, however I intend to show how just that was accomplished with “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” by William Shakespeare and “The Lion King” a movie produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
These media, classic play and animated children's film, are not as far separated as many may think. Each starts with a story they wish to tell. Each needs to make that story interesting to their targeted audience and each strives to make the point of their story comprehensible enough that their audience …show more content…
Neither could rest comfortable with the knowledge that their birthright had been taken from them.
Our chronicles end with the treasonous uncles dying after their confrontation with their nephews. They are similar in that each uncle dies from something he thought would be of use to him. The irony is that both characters could have lived had they not tried to enlist allies against their nephew.
In the final scene of Hamlet, it would seem that Claudius has won after Hamlet is cut by Laertes' poisoned sword and is assured of death, however, Hamlet rises up and kills Claudius using the Laertes' poisoned sword and forcing Claudius to drink some of the poisoned wine, both instruments that Claudius approved to be used to kill Hamlet.
The fight scene in the Lion King concludes when Scar, on the verge of victory, taunts Simba about the murder of his father, but Simba rebounds and cows Scar who falls from a cliff. Scar is killed by his accomplices, the hyenas, because he betrayed them to Simba and to the pride while he was begging for his life. The instruments that Scar had counted on to kill Simba, in the end, turn on
Two Stories of Revenge
To take a classic Shakespearian tragedy and turn it into a children's film seems almost beyond comprehension, however I intend to show how just that was accomplished with “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” by William Shakespeare and “The Lion King” a movie produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
These media, classic play and animated children's film, are not as far separated as many may think. Each starts with a story they wish to tell. Each needs to make that story interesting to their targeted audience and each strives to make the point of their story comprehensible enough that their audience …show more content…
Neither could rest comfortable with the knowledge that their birthright had been taken from them.
Our chronicles end with the treasonous uncles dying after their confrontation with their nephews. They are similar in that each uncle dies from something he thought would be of use to him. The irony is that both characters could have lived had they not tried to enlist allies against their nephew.
In the final scene of Hamlet, it would seem that Claudius has won after Hamlet is cut by Laertes' poisoned sword and is assured of death, however, Hamlet rises up and kills Claudius using the Laertes' poisoned sword and forcing Claudius to drink some of the poisoned wine, both instruments that Claudius approved to be used to kill Hamlet.
The fight scene in the Lion King concludes when Scar, on the verge of victory, taunts Simba about the murder of his father, but Simba rebounds and cows Scar who falls from a cliff. Scar is killed by his accomplices, the hyenas, because he betrayed them to Simba and to the pride while he was begging for his life. The instruments that Scar had counted on to kill Simba, in the end, turn on