Simba and Hamlet Similarities

Simba  

Hamlet
Dislikes uncle (Scar)
Dislikes uncle (Claudius)
Sees dead father in the stars
Sees dead father as a ghost
Born into the royal lion family of Pride Lands
Born into the royal family of Denmark
Very close and respectful of his father (Mufasa)
Very close and respectful of his father (King Hamlet)
"I`ll wipe away all trivial fond records,
All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past,
That youth and observation copied there,
And thy commandment all alone shall live" (1.5.99-102).
Hamlet is willing to preserve his father`s commandments above anything else.
Father`s spirit motivates him to become King and
take back Pride Rock
Father`s spirit motivates Hamlet to avenge his father`s death
Waits until he is older to avenge his father`s death and kill his Uncle, demonstrating  his true character and how he wishes to not be a murderer.
Delays his decision to seek vengeance for father`s death. "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player here,
But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,
Could force his soul so to his own conceit" (2.2.502-505). Hamlet`s frustration with his own delay results in him having an internal conflict (Marsden 2009), questioning his ability to become a murderer.
 
Told to leave his home by his father. "Run Simba, Run away and never return" (The Lion King)
Told to leave Denmark for a short trip by Claudius. "Th`associates tend, and everything is bent for England" (4.3. 42-43.)
Friends with Timone and Pumbaa who teach him how to enjoy life through the "Hakuna Matata" motto
Friends with Horatio who is seen to be Hamlet`s one true friend and helps him observe Claudius`s reaction to the play. "If a steal aught the whilst this play is playing and scape detecting, I will pay the theft" (3.2.79-80). This reveals how much trust Hamlet has in Horatio and their friendship, as he asked Horatio to help him with his plan and not Rosencrantz and Guildenstern; although they are thought to be Hamlet`s friends as well.