King

Oedipus. His mother (Jocasta) handed the baby to a shepherd and was told to take the baby up to the mountains for him to die, but he couldn’t do it so he gave it to a different shepherd that took him to the court of King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth (Greek Mythology). The king and Queen adopted the poor baby. Later when he was older, the Oracle told him that they weren't his real parents and also that he was supposed to kill his father and marry his mother. Once he got there his real…

naturally into the storyline. The mise en scene of this motion picture is the real hidden jewel of it. The animation of The Lion King generates an image of lush wildernesses, open grass savannas, and dark, clammy mysteries of the shadows of an elephant boneyard. A quote Mufasa establishes to Simba is “Everything the light touches is our kingdom” (Mufasa, The Lion King, Disney, 1994). This statement defines a part of the mise en scene of the film. The light that he alludes to is the open savannas…

If prophecies were to be real, a person would expect what will happen in the future. This is a world true idea; at least in “Oedipus the King,” a story by Sophocles about the tragic fate of Oedipus the protagonist, that reaches his own doom unwillingly. His destiny stabs him in the back at the end of the story, resulting in him suffering in the dark leaving him with his problems. Destiny is defined as an event that will eventually happen to a specific person in the future. Oedipus’s destiny…

In the article “All’s Not Well in Land of ‘The Lion King’” the author, Margaret Lazarus, talks about her opinion and her summary of the movie “The Lion King.” Lazarus talks about her experience of “The Lion King and how disappointed she was in the movie. Lazarus and her kids though they were going to see an innocent movie about animals in the wild. But after watching the movie she believed that the movie stereotyped different kinds of people. She believed that it stereotyped against ghettos,…

a will, there is a way. Everyone in life fights or values something to a whole new dimension, but to achieve what they want, they must sacrifice something first. In the play King Lear, Edgar, one of the main characters, stays out of the radar in looks to restore peace within his family. Edgar, part of a royal family in King Lear, faces horrific acts of retribution and deceitful manner of treachery and betrayal by his brother. Edmund feels mortified and indignant for the mere labeling fact that…

King Arthur was, by all accounts, considered the once and future king of Britain. He was noted for his chivalry and military skill. His knights were the epitome of glamor and gallantry. (“King Arthur and”). There were several versions of this classic tale. In each version the betrayal of his wife, Guinevere, and his most trusted knight, Lancelot…

In the year 1994 a movie that many people just viewed it as a great Disney Pixar Movie came out to have a lot more meaning. The Lion king is viewed by many people just as a movie about how a mighty king that was killed by his brother, who is now left to be the ruler. Looking at this movie through the Catholic point of view many people see that the seven sacraments baptism, reconciliation, Eucharist, confirmation, anointing of the sick, holy orders, and marriage. There are many symbols of each to…

decent if not more than decent king. He is capable and intelligent, he even gives a speech that connects everyone’s loss with a new start. Claudius takes instantaneous, decisive action when it comes to satisfying the king of Norway, and is always concentrated on his kingly duties. Although in private he is a completely different person. The Ghost introduces him as “that incestuous, that adulterate beast” (1.5.42) and we soon see that he is a murderer and the truth behind King Hamlet’s tragic…

The Lion King is a good adaptation of Hamlet for the following reasons. First the characters were very similar, second what happens to the characters was fairly similar, and lastly in both the kings child was sent away, and they both came back home. I will go more into depth with the following paragraphs. First i think the lion king is a good adaptation of Hamlet because the characters have a lot of similarities such as Mufasa was a great king, and so was the old Hamlet they are both praised…

Carrie is a book by Stephen King and the book was banned because it was a violent, and had a sexual themes in parts of the book. Carrie is a just teenage girl and is trying to get by in school. She has these telekinetic powers and she barely found out about it. She does not know how to control her powers. There was an incident when she was little, she cause a rain storm to occur when it was sunny. The sad part about her life is that she has this psychopath mother who hurts and abuse Carrie…