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Skills Lesson: Greek Literature and Archetypes

Question 5 • SS - TX-English II B

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play about a prince who must take the throne from his evil uncle, who killed the prince’s father. This classic play most likely influenced the animated film

Answer
A
Aladdin, about a princess who sneaks out of her father’s castle and falls in love with a young man whom she is forbidden from marrying.
B
The Little Mermaid, about a mermaid princess who goes against the king’s wishes and travels to the surface of the ocean.
C
Beauty and the Beast, about an arrogant prince who is turned into a monster when he is unkind to a woman seeking his help.
D
The Lion King, about a cub who fights his father’s brother to gain control of the animal kingdom his father once controlled.

Explanation

Hamlet centers on a prince seeking to reclaim power from his uncle, who killed the prince’s father. The Lion King has a similar conflict: Simba must challenge his uncle Scar to regain the kingdom his father ruled. The other films do not feature this same struggle between a prince and his father’s brother.

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