Hamlet? Sort Of

Rating: 8/10 (17 July 2005)

Alright, so the comment about Hamlet and The Lion King is more-or-less Accurate. It has many of the same ideas, about the father murdered by his brother, and the son seeking revenge. However, Nala doesn't go insane and die, Simba doesn't go insane, he just goes on a "simbacation" and some other things. The main reason that it seems very similar is because both stories are full of Archetypes, which if you don't know what that is, look it up. it's very interesting. It is a great movie and i really don't have a problem with the comparisons to Hamlet. In my AP English class we discussed that very comparison and then discussed why it's not quite the same. Overall, good.