Aric’s Comments (group member since Jan 08, 2016)

Aric’s comments from the Ms. A's Advanced English Book Discussions group.

I agree with Spencer. The story line itself has many similarities, and so do the characters. The power hungry uncle killed the king and were able to take care of the son so that they could assume the position that they longed for. Both of the stories has a fight scene in the end where the son, Hamlet and Simba were able to take revenge on their fathers murderer.

I think The Lion King can be considered an adaptation. I think that Scar and Claudius show similarities. They both were power hungry and killed their brother because of that. I think it's the same with Mufasa and King Hamlet. They were both loved by their kingdom and they were running the place well, but they were both murdered by their brother so they could attain that power. I think that the fight scene at the end of both of them showed similarities.

Both Simba and Hamlet got revenge on their father's murderer in an intense fashion. Hamlet through the intense fencing match, and Simba through the battle with the hyenas. In The Lion King, Simba ran away so he wouldn't have to deal with Scar, but in Hamlet, he was in the Kingdom throughout the whole story. I think this shows similarities in how they decide how to take revenge. Hamlet had the ghost of his father, and Simba had his father's face in the clouds, as well as having Rafiki guide him. In the end, peace was restored to the kingdom in some way. In Hamlet, they all died, but the kingdom was no longer under the rule of a murdering psychopath, and in The Lion King, the rightful king took back control of the kingdom that his uncle stole from him.

In response to Brad; I think that one of the hardest parts of the memorization was because I didn't really understand what he was saying. It wasn't so clear to me, and that really did make it difficult. I had to try to understand what it meant as well as the memorization.

I think I did okay. I thought that I did a good job memorizing my lines and while I was reciting them, I was halfway confident. My main issue with the assignment was just getting the lines memorized. I had issues with several lines and that showed when I was presenting. Some of the words that were used in the lines were just hard for me to get through my head.

I think it would be easier for people in Shakespeare's time to perform in these plays because all of the words were normal back then. Everything that is in the plays was every day things back then. They weren't learning new words or new idea. Even for today's people who perform, it would be difficult, but they have a general understand of exactly what it means. That really helps them understand what they are saying. Having to do this makes me not want to do anything with the book.

I really liked the Braveheart (Mel Gibson) version way better. It was more how I envisioned it than the other two. I figured that he would be alone and in a dark room and that's pretty much what's happening. He's in the tomb room, and that really set the tone. The other two videos were boring and they didn't show that much emotion. Braveheart really set the tone of exactly what I thought it would be. He was talking to himself, but he raised his voice when he needed to get his point across. He really didn't know what to do, and that seems more like how Hamlet was in the play.

Hunter wrote: "Cassidy wrote: "Did William Shakespeare really write the works he is attributed to? What is your opinion? Why does it matter?"
I do not believe that William Shakespeare wrote all the works he was a..."

You would need an extensive education to write something so powerful and well written. The evidence points to Shakespeare not having the education that would be needed. The signatures in an interesting thing. If they can't find consistent signatures, then what makes people so sure that he was able to write the complete Shakespearean works.

Jadync4 wrote: "Cassidy wrote: "Did William Shakespeare really write the works he is attributed to? What is your opinion? Why does it matter?"

I do not believe William Shakespeare really wrote all of the plays. I..."

I also think that he is taking credit for somebody else's work. He shouldn't be getting the credit for it, and the person who actually wrote it, should b e getting the credit. It isn't right that he is getting the credit for somebody else's accomplishments.

I don't think Shakespeare really wore his plays. I think that he was a real person, but I think William Shakespeare is a pseudonym for somebody else. The education that the real William Shakespeare would have had would have made writing these plays impossible. These plays have things in them that he would've had no access to.

I also don't think that Shakespeare wrote the plays. While I reading the articles, I noticed the thing about the signatures, and that really attributes to what I think.