Similarities Between Macbeth And The Lion King

One of Macbeth’s last killings was the most tragic of them all when he ordered his men’s to kill

Mufasa and King Hamlet were great kings, but Mufasa’s ghost didn’t care about revenge, he just wanted Simba to be alright and take his place at the throne. When King Hamlet’s ghost appears to Hamlet in the original, he’s very angered and demands revenge so that he can move on. Mufasa is shown

Macbeth rose to power by murdering the king He was already high in society he was a general in the kings army and consider a hero in Scotland after defeating the English army and the thane of Glamis and Cawdor, he was told by the witches "that shalt be king hereafter" (1.3.50) which meant that he did not have to murder the king, the prophecy would come true with out him doing anything but his wife and ambition blinds him and drives him to murder the king which fits in with the definition of a tragic hero. Creon rises to power differently from that of Macbeth, instead of killing the king, Creon is named king after the king is killed by his brother. Creon was high in society, he was the brother of the queen "I, as the next in blood, have succeeded

Scar looked at Simba, “what have you done?” he asked, and continued to say, “the king is dead, and if it weren’t for you, he’d still be alive.” (The Lion King). At this time in the movie, Mufasa had just died and Scar is questioning what happened as if he had nothing to do with it. Scar is purposely blaming Simba for the death of Mufasa. Despite the fact that they share the same blood, Scar had plotted Mufasa’s death the whole

Macbeth was always power-hungry as soon as he found out that he can kill Duncan , his first thoughts about it was “My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man ,That function is smother 'd in surmise, and nothing is but what is not.” Macbeth’s first thought after realising that he can be a king was to murder Duncan, That indicates that Macbeth always wanted to kill King Duncan to take the throne and when Lady macbeth got the letter from his husband explaining that the witches prophesied him saying that he can be a king the first thing that came in her mind was to kill Duncan and take over. She also talks about Macbeth always wanted to do it but he isn’t man enough to do this task “ Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be ,What thou art promised.

The more tragic hero-- Macbeth Norman Cousins says, "The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself." Tragedy is a type of literature, usually a serious play or book, that ends sadly involving events in great loss or misfortune. In the play of Macbeth written by Shakespeare, protagonist Macbeth changes from an innocent thane from Scotland to a king who embraces evil and guilt, leading to his death. In another book-- Antigone written by Sophocles, antagonist Creon, a powerful built but a weary man who directly and indirectly kills his family members, suffers the burden of

At the beginning of the play Macbeth, the main character Macbeth learns that he will become King. When he realised he could be the leader, the power he desperately craves motivates him to alter his character. “Tis unnatural, Even like the deed that's done.” (2.4.6-14)

“The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood is stopped; the very source of it is stopped” (2.3.77-78). Macbeth murders the guards to prevent them from professing their innocence, affirming their intention to avenge the king in a fit of rage for his misdeeds. Duncan 's children; Malcolm and Donalbain, flee to England and Ireland, respectively, for fear that the killer of Duncan wishes the death of both also. Macbeth has killed Duncan who is his cousin. “Where we are, there’s daggers in men’s smiles.

In this scene, Mufasa’s spirit persuades Simba to return to his homeland and rightly take the throne. The spirit fails to mention anything about Mufasa’s death or that Simba should murder his Uncle Scar. In Hamlet, a ghost of Hamlet’s father reaches out to him in order to inform Hamlet that his brother Claudius murdered him through poison. The purpose behind the ghost in Hamlet’s appearance was to convince Hamlet to avenge his father’s death and ensure that justice is served. The ghost explains to Hamlet how his father had died and attempted to persuade Hamlet to avenge his death (Hamlet 1.5 14-116).

A commonly debated part of history is the disappearance of two twin princes. Controversial history says the princes logically were killed by their uncle so he could take the crown. However, With no DNA evidence, the two bodies must be taken into hands of congregation for opinions on the verdicts. I believe that the bodies found were Edward V and Richard Duke of York, the sons of Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville, were killed by Richard of Gloucester, their uncle. He would gain the most by killing the two boys, and he would have loved to get his hands on the throne.

Hamlet’s uncle sent him to England to be killed, but Hamlet finds a way to get out of it. Both, Simba and Hamlet, have their father’s death which they take revenge upon by killing their uncles. Simba ends up fighting his uncle until he is eventually killed by the Hyenas, and Hamlet kills Claudius with poison just how Claudius killed Old Hamlet. In the end, Hamlet and Simba did what each of their fathers said to and can let their souls rest in peace. It is obvious, Hamlet and Simba have many

Macbeth states that he is not born from a woman like the witches said in one of the prophecies rather he is ripped out of her mother 's womb. Macduff made a decision to do the right thing which was to fight for his country and for Malcolm to be king. Macbeth’s decision to murder changed his whole way of life negatively. With that being said, what goes around does come around.

Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is a play that mainly focuses on one common theme of insanity. Macbeth gradually becomes plagued by intense guilt as his desire for power drives him to attain his goals by any means necessary, including committing murder. He kills Duncan in cold blood in order to become King, has Banquo killed by three murderers because he wishes to maintain his position as King, and finally, he has Macduff’s family slaughtered. Each of these occurrences takes place because of Macbeth’s will to be King, or they are a result of his guilt. Nonetheless, they are all completed of his free will, which is what causes him to deteriorate mentally.

Macbeth had become everything that he had ever wanted to be which was the king of Scotland and when the witches told him that someone else was going to take his crown he went to extremes to try to keep them from doing that which was eventually what lead to him dying. The witches had told Macbeth that the sons of Banquo would take his crown so he decided to have Banquo and his son killed Macbeth said, “Our fears in Banquo stick deep/ And in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be feared”(3.1.49-51). Macbeth did everything he could to protect his crown, but that is eventually what lead to his downfall and his death. He killed his best friend Banquo which was when his ambition had gone to far and was the beginning of his decline.

He is well known for sonnets as well, which were the 14 line poems he made popular and discovered. William earned himself a living in London for poetry and his playwrights which carried throughout Queen Elizabeth 's support. William died April 23 1616 in his hometown, Stratford-upon-avon. These achievements are very good, but did William really earn them? William would have had no chance for these achievements without the Queen.