What Are The Similarities Between Hamlet And The Lion King

Can you believe there’s two movies that are almost the same? Except ones in Disney and the others for adults. The two movies I am talking about are Hamlet by David Barron and The Lion King by Don Hahn. In the movie Hamlet the main character comes home from school to find out his fathers dead, his uncle married his mom, and he can not go back to school. Later in the movie he finds out Claudius (his uncle) killed his father, and Hamlet seeks for revenge. In The Lion King Simba is just a little kid when Mufasa (his father) starts to show him around since he is the future king, until Scar (his uncle) gets in the way. After Scar kills Mufasa he convinces Simba it was his fault and to run away. I will be telling you about how the movies are alike, characters who are alike, and how they killed the kings. …show more content…
In Hamlet Claudius killed Hamlet’s father and became king. At first Hamlet does not know that his uncle killed his father, but once he finds out he plans to kill his uncle. Hamlet’s father’s spirit calls to Hamlet and gives him fatherly advice, at the end of the movie Hamlet kills Claudius and becomes king. In The Lion King Scar killed Mufasa close to the beginning, then Mufasa convinced Simba to leave and becomes king. Mufasa’s spirit calls out to Simba after he grows up and gives Simba fatherly advice. At the end of the movie Simba finds out Scar killed Mufasa and kills Scar with help from Shenzi and becomes king. As you can see the movies are very alike and have the same story