The Loin King & Hamlet

The Lion King a movie released by Walt Disney on June 15, 1994 is a clear revision of the Shakespeare play Hamlet into an animated action-adventure story for kids. In the movie if you pay close attention Scar the in-raged uncle of Simba plots to kill Simbas father Mofasa and take over the kingdom just as it happens in the play Hamlet. The story begins with the birth of Simba, the heir to the "wild" kingdom. As Simba gets older his father and his loyal subjects help teach him the rules and "rotations" of the "wild" kingdom. Every body knows the "rotations" as the circle of life. One day Scar leads Simba into trouble so that he can sit-up his murder attempt on Mofasa's life. Succseding in killing Mofasa, Scar convinces Simba that he is the one who killed Mofasa and persuades him to run from the kingdom and never come back. Simba runs away to a far away "utopia" where he meets Tumon and Pumba two savors that help him survive in the "utopia". One day Nala a female lion from Simbas kingdom comes hunting in the "utopia" where she finds Simba and convinces him to come back and over through Scars dictatorship, save his kingdom, and save his mother who Scar has married. The marriage of the uncle to the kings wife is a major part in Hamlet. Simba, Nala, Timon, and Pumba return to the kingdom to raise an army to fight Scar and his evil army. In the end a major battle ensues where Simba defeats Scar and takes back command of his kingdom. In the very ending scene we see a giant celebration scene which is centered around the marriage ceremony of Simba and Nala.