Charek English 12 CP 30 January 2013 The Lion King and Hamlet The Lion King was‚ and still is‚ one of Disney’s greatest movies ever made. First released in 1994 it was an instant hit. What many people don’t know though is that it was based off another story written a long time before it. This story is Shakespeare’s Hamlet. As I compare the two stories you will notice many similarities between them. One of the first similarities I noticed between The Lion King and Hamlet was the overall topic of them
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Hamlet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ had an inner conflict. The main character‚ Hamlet‚ struggled with the emotions involving his father’s murder. A modern day version of Hamlet was made a couple of years ago. This movie is called "The Lion King". "The Lion King" is a cartoon movie expressing a similar plot to the story of Hamlet. In both stories‚ the main character has one goal. The ultimate goal is to seek revenge on their father’s murderer. In the play "Hamlet"‚ Hamlet finds out about the death
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Disney’s The Lion King I.) A. The Lion King is a story of Simba‚ a young confused cub soon to be king of Pride Rock. Simba’s troubles and tribulations come when his envious uncle Scar plots to have his father killed. Scar has always been envious of his brother Mufasa because he feels he’s always been in his shadow. B. Thesis: the writers of Lion King use various archetypes like nature‚ color‚ and character to show mood‚ and good verses evil. II.) Archetype 1 ( Nature ) a. Fire occurring during
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Lion King: The Musical The original Disney cartoon of a lion cub blamed for his father’s death has been remade into a Broadway musical acclaimed all over the world. Seen by over twenty five million people in over 15 thousand performances this intricately designed wonder has taken over 37 thousand hours just to build the puppets and masks. Julie Taymor the director and costume designer was faced with a problem of whether to create humans or animals playing the part and she decided to make masks
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The Lion King The Lion King is a story of a young lion prince born in Africa‚ where lions rule the kingdom. Simba is the son of King Mufasa‚ thus making King Mufasa‚ Scar brother and the third in line to the throne. Scar’s jealously led him to secretly plots against his own family thus kill King Mufasa and Prince Simba‚ therefore making himself King of the Pride Lands. Simba’s manipulated Uncle‚ Scar‚ schemed with the hyenas by luring Mufasa and Simba in a stampede of wildebeests. Mufasa saves his
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The Lion King is a Walt Disney Film about a pride of lions living in Africa. The film depicts the story of Simba a young lion cub who is born to Mufasa and Sarabi the king and queen of pride rock. This is a prime example of how Disney movies are full of stereo types and gender roles. Walt Disney was raised in the early 1900s and has many of these stereo types about gender roles were taught to him. Intergenerational family theory states that theses learned behaviors from his family of origin will
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of The Lion King The Lion King is a classic movie‚ beloved by many. On the surface‚ this movie seems to be a light-hearted‚ carefree tale of a lion cub’s journey to justice. However‚ on taking a deeper look‚ one finds that the tale consists of conflicting worldviews and philosophies‚ while presenting the idea of destiny. But which religions and philosophies is it portraying? Let us take a closer look. Some would argue that Christianity is the mainly presented religion in the Lion King. After studying
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terms of production‚ and consumption religion. What is the religion? Timon and Pumbaa‚ The Lion King follows the concept "circle of life" in its economy there are three different economies that are shown. Although‚ all of them are different they have a leader and some sort of structure how money (food supply) matter and function in the Lion King How does a power system matter and function in the Lion King How social classes interact with each other. There is greed alright religion is set of beliefs
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The Archetypes of the Lion King Simba: Hero or Cold-blooded Murderer? The "unconscious" is a psychological concept that is interpreted differently by many psychologists. Sigmund Freud interprets the unconscious as a place where thoughts‚ feelings and memories are kept‚ and cannot easily be brought into the conscious mind. However‚ some neo-Freudians‚ such as Carl Jung‚ thought differently. Jung believed that there was not only a personal unconscious‚ which is what Freud describes‚ but
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The Lion King Lens Annotations 1. Type: Marxist Evidence: Other animals gather to welcome the new baby lion‚ Simba to the world as the Mufasa’s heir. The other animals bow in acceptance to Simba. Analysis: Apparently the strongest rule in the Pride Rock Kingdom and Mufasa is the strongest animal therefore he is the King that protects the balance of life in the safari and Simba is the prince that will inherit his throne after his passing. It may not be too obvious but the hierarchy is shown
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