Compare/Contrast The Lion King and The Tragedy of Hamlet It has been said that Disney’s The Lion King is a children's version of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet. There are many similarities and differences from the play and the movie. The biggest similarities of The Tragedy of Hamlet and The Lion King are Simba and Hamlet, the main characters, are both from royal families, the uncle’s characters are very similar, and both princes must overcome internal struggles. The biggest differences include:
Hamlet and The Lion King Hamlet and The Lion King have many similarities and few differences. The two stories are revolved around betrayal that leads to death, decay, and disease. The differences between the stories are in the characters and some plot points, but the main storylines are essentially the same. Early on in both tragedies the kings were both murdered in cold blood by their brothers. The stories both escalated when the sons are visited by ghost like versions of their father and told to
old literature, redone” This old axiom perfectly describes the relationship between Hamlet and The Lion King, but some insist that comparing William Shakespeare to the corporate writers at Disney is like comparing Mozart to Justin Bieber. Though Hamlet and The Lion King were written some four hundred years apart, similarities between characters are uncanny, especially between Hamlet and Simba. To begin, Simba and Hamlet are both left fatherless and without their rightful thrones after their fathers’
mistaken identities and the main female character who wants to be treated the same way as the guys are in soccer. Twelfth Night was a play that was written by William Shakespeare around 1601-02. There are similarities in She’s the man and Twelfth Knight. One of the similarities in She’s the man and Twelfth knight is the character duke of Illyria who is in love with Olivia in both. Also the twins’ viola and Sebastian are twins who happen to be separated. In the play and movie, Viola was disguised
differences aside: singing animals, talking lions, and animations; the very root of this critically acclaimed film almost mirrors Shakespeare’s critically acclaimed play. The two main protagonists, Simba and Hamlet, lost their fathers. Simba’s father, Mufasa, was thrown off a cliff by Scar, Mufasa’s brother, and Hamlet’s father was poisoned by his younger brother, Claudius. There is also a striking resemblance between Hamlet’s father and Mufasa. They were both kings of their respective kingdoms, betrayed