Fantasia isn't the only classic that resurfaced through Disney. Shakespeare's story of Hamlet came through in Disney's "The Lion King." For example, the famous character of Hamlet is Simba, Claudius is Scar, and Ophelia is Nala. They have the exact same story line, except the ending in "The Lion King" isn't as tragic. In Hamlet, everyone ends up dying in the end - a typical Shakespeare move. The Lion King pulls a typical Disney move, so I can promise a happy ending. Check it out!
If you have never read Hamlet here is a quick summary!
To those of you who have never seen "The Lion King," it's on youtube!
Here is another link explaining the similarities between the two.
Here is one more summary!
Good one Brigitte! I didn't know that. Lion King was shown this summer at the free movies at the Pentacrest, and I was pleasantly surprised at how artfully crafted it is. I never knew about the Hamlet connection. Here is a link to explore in more detail:
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This was the first time i have ever heard of this connection. That being said I did a little research on it. I looked up different videos that made that connection. The link below does a great job of showing the connection throughout the plot line and characters. Take a look if you are interested to see the connection:
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I read Hamlet this past school year. My teacher brought up that interesting fact. It was easy for me to make the connections. True, there are several differences between the movie and the original works; for example Ophelia dies while Simba goes on to marry Nala. It's interesting learning about these types of things. How about Othello? In 1995 Laurence Fishburne and Irene Jacob starred in a movie about the book.
ReplyDeleteMy english class read Hamlet my junior year, and after we read the play we had a huge 100 point test over it. I did not read the play. While my class was studying and reading it, I had been texting and goofing off. When it came time to take the test, I recalled my teacher saying that the story was similar to the Lion King. I started taking the test and began relating all of the test questions to what had happened in the Lion King. Our teacher had given us a brief overview before we began reading the play as to which characters were related to the characters in Lion King. I ended up acing the test, while many of my friends in the class missed several questions. I never told my teacher that I didn't read the play, but all of my friends knew. They were pretty upset. I ended up eventually reading the play, and I really enjoyed it. Lion King saved my grade in that class.
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