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The Lion King
It is largely based on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
That's easy The Lion King was influenced by Hamlet by William Shakespeare!
no its based of Shakespeare's hamlet, and an African Tale
The outsider archetype in The Lion King is mostly likely Scar as his character are archetypes of King Claudius in Hamlet and the title character in Richard III.
I can tell you that the Lion King is based off of Hamlet.
Disney based the Lion King loosely around the plot of Hamlet- missing some vital plot points nevertheless.
No, "The Lion King" is not based on "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C. S. Lewis. "The Lion King" is a Disney animated film that was inspired by the Shakespearean play "Hamlet" and African folklore.
Roger Allers (co-director of the Lion King film) and Irene Meechi (co-screenwriter of the Lion King film) wrote the book for the Lion King stage musical.
Yes. Simba (Hamlet) is the son of Mufasa (King Hamlet,) who was killed by his brother, Scar (Claudius) Simba, in the end, gets rid of scar and becomes king (in the play, Hamlet killed his uncle, and also died himself. (The Lion King is a Disney movie, and that would be a horrible ending for a Disney movie).A list of Lion King-Hamlet character allusions: Sarabi (Gertrude), Timon & Pumbaa (Rosencrantz and Guilderstern), and Nala (Ophelia). Zazu is possibly representative of Polonius, and the hyenas could be Laertes though it is here that the Shakespeare allusions become more ambiguous.