It is very hard to predict what will happen in our life as everything can change in the matter of second. However, during the life, there are some certainties that should be faced by humankind; one of it is death. Death is inevitable and universal as everyone will experience it in a certain period of time. However, even though it is considered as one of the milestones in our life, death is not something that can be taken and discussed easily in the society, especially when we looking at death’s association with the pain, the ending or the loss of the loved one. In particular, the Western societies have lower acknowledgement of death compared to others. This phenomenon is declared by Aries (1980) and Elias (1985) that nowadays death is less
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Moreover, even though the main target audience of their movies are children, but this company still put some death elements into the story. However, unlike the movie that is aimed for the adults, the depiction of death in Disney movies is more subtle than the one in other genre of movies. Thus, amongst many movies released under Disney, the depiction of death can be seen in some of Disney production’s movies such as Lion King, and Brother Bear. Lion King, produced in 1994, is a story about Simba, a young lion, who will be the king after his father, Mufasa. However, blinded with jealousy, Scar, Mufasa’s brother, kills Mufasa and manipulates Simba’s thought into thinking that he is the one who cause his father’s death. Meanwhile, Brother Bear, released in 2003, is a story about Kenai, a young man who is turned into a bear after he killed a bear. The death of his brother and the death of Koda’s mother becomes the cause behind the meeting of Kenai and Koda. Interestingly, in this movie death appears as an important factor in the development of the story. Henceforth, as these two movies depicted death in their storylines, this paper will compare the depiction of death in these two movies and the response of the survivors to the death which is shown in these movies. Further, the depiction of death which will be discussed in these paper will revolves around the role of death in the movies, the type of death in the movie and related to the application of killability test in Lion King and Brother
Moreover, even though the main target audience of their movies are children, but this company still put some death elements into the story. However, unlike the movie that is aimed for the adults, the depiction of death in Disney movies is more subtle than the one in other genre of movies. Thus, amongst many movies released under Disney, the depiction of death can be seen in some of Disney production’s movies such as Lion King, and Brother Bear. Lion King, produced in 1994, is a story about Simba, a young lion, who will be the king after his father, Mufasa. However, blinded with jealousy, Scar, Mufasa’s brother, kills Mufasa and manipulates Simba’s thought into thinking that he is the one who cause his father’s death. Meanwhile, Brother Bear, released in 2003, is a story about Kenai, a young man who is turned into a bear after he killed a bear. The death of his brother and the death of Koda’s mother becomes the cause behind the meeting of Kenai and Koda. Interestingly, in this movie death appears as an important factor in the development of the story. Henceforth, as these two movies depicted death in their storylines, this paper will compare the depiction of death in these two movies and the response of the survivors to the death which is shown in these movies. Further, the depiction of death which will be discussed in these paper will revolves around the role of death in the movies, the type of death in the movie and related to the application of killability test in Lion King and Brother