https://padlet.com/hannahmontello/nlbg7yocs235 Comparing and contrasting the characters Mufasa from the Lion King and King Hamlet from the play Hamlet en-us 2017-12-07 15:09:13 UTC 2023-06-30 01:45:46 UTC hello@padlet.com hannahmontello https://padlet.com/hannahmontello/nlbg7yocs235/wish/214480071 Musfasa was king of the Pride Lands and he and his lioness partner Sarabi. We know him as a great and noble king. Very soon into the movie we witness his death by his own brother, Scar. Mufasa's son Simba is horrified by the death of his father and blames himself, so he runs away and grows up away from Pride Rock and with his two longest friends, Timon and Pumbaa. Later on, Simba finds out that his evil uncle Scar has been ruling the Pride Lands awfully. Mufasa speaks to his son from the clouds, he encourages him to take action, "You have forgotten who you are, and so forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Life."(Hahn, "The Lion King") Following his father's words of wisdom, Simba defeats his uncle Scar and kills him. Mufasa is seen once more at the end of the film telling his son "Remember who you are. You are my son, and the one true King. Remember who you are."(Hahn, "The Lion King")

]]> 2017-12-08 13:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmontello/nlbg7yocs235/wish/214480071 hannahmontello https://padlet.com/hannahmontello/nlbg7yocs235/wish/214495798 Unlike in the Lion King, King Hamlet is already dead when the play starts, so the only information about the King's character is from his son, also named Hamlet. Young Hamlet often talks well of his late father, "So excellent a king, that was to this."(1.2.139) So, we are lead to believe that King Hamlet was a great and noble king like Mufasa was. Early on in the play, Young Hamlet is visited by the ghost of his father. Like Mufasa, King Hamlet gives his son advice, but the advice can be questionable in terms of nobility. The advice he gives his son is to avenge his murder, "So art thou to revenge when thou shalt hear."(1.5.6) Right away, the king is setting the mood for revenge because he is aware of how loyal his son is to him. How noble is revenge though? Mufasa asks Simba to follow the Circle of Life and take his rightful place as king. He does not ask Simba to avenge his death because that is simply the least of his worries. Looking down on his former kingdom he sees the mess Scar created and he knows that Simba can change that. The difference is that Mufasa reaches out to Simba because he is worried about his people; King Hamlet reaches out to Young Hamlet to avenge his death. King hamlet is more focused on himself and his legacy whereas Mufasa only wants his people to be safe. That says a lot on how these two kings ruled and it shows where their priorities lay. This doe not mean that King Hamlet was a bad king, it just means that maybe he was not as noble as his son seems to believe.]]> 2017-12-08 14:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmontello/nlbg7yocs235/wish/214495798 hannahmontello https://padlet.com/hannahmontello/nlbg7yocs235/wish/215019915 Both of these kings have many things in common: they were killed by their brother, they left a son behind, they were both considered great kings and they visited their sons in the afterlife. The ghost of late King Hamlet visits his son pretty early on the play in Scene 1, Act 5. "I am thy father's spirit,"(1.5.9) He asks his son to take revenge out on the brother that killed him for his position as king of Denmark. His son is not entirely surprised to learn the news of his father's killer and promises to avenge the king he had been mourning for the past two or three months. Mufasa also came back -not as a ghost like Hamlet but looking down from the clouds to his family and former people. Mufasa speaks to his son later on in the film. He tells Simba that he has forgotten who he is and that he should remember that he is the true king of the Pride Lands. This encourages Simba to follow the life he was destined to live. Both of these men (or lion) felt strongly enough to come all the way back from whatever form of afterlife they lived in to give needed advice to their sons. Though they did ask different things of their sons, they both wanted them to succeed and to follow the footsteps they set in stone.]]> 2017-12-11 14:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmontello/nlbg7yocs235/wish/215019915 hannahmontello https://padlet.com/hannahmontello/nlbg7yocs235/wish/215029732 King Hamlet was the king of Denmark. He was married to Queen Gertrude and together they had a son, also named Hamlet. The King took relaxing naps daily in his garden, it was a time for him to rest and take time off from his persistent duty as king. One day as he napped, his jealous and evil brother Claudius sneaked into the garden to poor poison down his own brother's ear, killing him. Claudius wanted the power that his brother held, just like Scar did. King Hamlet came back from purgatory during the night to talk to his son, informing him of who was the real murderer and telling him he needed to avenge his death. "Sleeping within my orchard/ My custom always of the afternoon/ Upon my secure hour they uncle stole/ With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial/ And in the porches of my ears did pour"(1.5.59-63) King Hamlet strongly wants his brother to pay for the acts he committed so he asks his son to do it for him. Since Young Hamlet is so loyal to his father, he promises to follow through with the revenge his father wishes him to take. ]]> 2017-12-11 14:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmontello/nlbg7yocs235/wish/215029732