Minor Characters In Hamlet And The Lion King

Did you know that The Lion King is a modern-day retelling of Shakespeare's tragedy, Hamlet? It was surprising to hear that, but after watching the two movies, their storyline themes are parallel to each other. The two films' storyline included sibling rivalry, loyalty, and revenge, power and corruption, trust and friendship, appearances are deceiving, and decisiveness and hesitation. However, the way the characters are presented and their roles are different in a way. In the next paragraphs, I will explain the minor characters' importance in the movie and how they are similar and different in both movies. To start off with one of the minor characters we see in the beginning of both movies, the mothers, Sarabi and Gertrude. Both of our protagonists love their mother, although …show more content…
Our love interest for Simba is Nala while Hamlet's love interest is Ophelia. Nala is strong, independent, and caring. Ophelia is weak, obedient, and needs a male to guide her, which is why she became insane when her father died. Both of the females differ in many ways but have a similar role of having an impact on the male leads. They both serve as an emotional trigger for our protagonists. However, Nala had a positive impact on Simba as she motivated him to come back to Pride Rock and take back the throne. As for Ophelia, she had a negative impact on Hamlet since they argued every time they interacted. Finally, we are introduced to our protagonists' friends, the duo. The duo of The Lion King is Timon and Pumbaa while the duo of Hamlet is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. In the Lion King, the duo finds Simba alone after he ran away from home and take him in to raise him. However, in Hamlet, the duo did not find Hamlet and was actually appointed by the King to keep an eye on him. Although that is the case, both of the pairs attempt to find out what is troubling the main character and help them