In hamlet and lion king there were a lot of similarities and differences. A few similarities were; Hamlet wanted the actors to play a mouse trap drama and the movie lion king starts up with a mouse trap, also simba’s speech relates to the jesters speech in hamlet that we are all equal in death, Another major similarity is when scar kills mufasa to gain the throne which relates to claudius killing old hamlet to gain the throne.
The differences in the hamlet and the lion king are; Hamlet starts with a tragedy and lion king starts with comedy, In the play hamlet was never saved by old hamlet while in the movie simba is saved by mufasa, another major one is that on the movie simba spares scars life while in the play hamlet didn’t spare claudius life.
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