Lion King and Hamlet are two stories that I never thought to have any similarity, which was very surprising when I found out they were almost exactly the same. Simba and Hamlet both lose their proud, strong, and warrior like fathers. Their uncles both killed their father. Amy of the characters trait are similar such as Nala and Ophelia they were both stronger than simba and Hamlet by their actions.
The stories however also had their differences. Lion King shows us the life of Mufasa and more of what he is compared to Old Hamlet being dead at the very start of Hamlet. Simba wanted to be King since he was very young, while Hamlet wanted nothing to do with being King after his father. The overall tone of each story is very different with Lion King being more positive and Hamlet being more negative. At the end of Lion King we are left with several characters, while everyone was. dead at the end of Hamlet.
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