There are many similarities and differences between Hamlet and the lion king. For example both of the kings in the lion king and Hamlet were killed by there brothers, but there are also some differences like in Hamlet, hamlet dies at the end and so does his uncle, but in the lion king only the uncle dies. In Hamlet, hamlet sees his father in a ghost form and the father ask him to avenge his death by killing his uncle, in doing so he makes people believe that he is mad so they don’t know what he’s trying to achieve. In doing so they ship hamlet away from Denmark because he accidently killed Polonius. Laeretes is trying to avenge his sister and Polonius's death by killing hamlet. His plan was to poison the sword when they dueled when the do duel hamlet gets hit with the poison but manages to Laeretes as well. In the lion king the uncle kills his father, the uncle becomes king because Simba leaves the village because he’s scarred he might Pumba and Timon they bring him back to the village finds that hyenas have been in there village Simba …show more content…
In hamlet when the swords get switched and Laertes gets the poison. This affects the story line dramatically because the poison was meant for hamlet. Hamlet eventually does get hit with the poison and so does his uncle because hamlet makes him drink the poison that the uncle tried to give hamlet if he won the duel. In lion king a form of situational irony is in the beginning Simba is excited to be king and sings a song with Nala on how is going to be the greatest king ever, but as the plot unfolds his dad dies caused by his brother scar. Simba finds the new very upsetting he leaves the village and says he will never be king. This affects the plot in many because Simba meets Pumba and Timon the teach him to live in the moment. Nala finds Simba and tells Simba how scar ruined there village Simba comes back and kills scar. If the dad never none of these thing would