Friday, 5 October 2012

Different Character types

Spoiler alert!!! (if you have not watched The Lion King this post will spoil it for you)

Lion King

The Hero = Simba
He comes back to Pride Rock to stop Scar and his evil ways of ruling the pride.

The Villain = Scar
He kills his own brother (Mufasa) to become King and drives his own nephew to run away from the pride by telling him he killed his own father.

The donor = Mufasa
he calls out to Simba from the dead to tell him he is the rightful King and he should go back and that Scar is his murderer.

The helper – Timone and Pumbaa
They meet Simba who has run away from his family and they try and teach him that they don't need anything but their surroundings. Until Simba meets Rafiki and his old childhood friend Nala and goes back to Pride Rock to become king, along with Timone and Pumbaa's help.

The princess – Nala
She is Simba's closeset friend and eventually love interest and comes to find him. Scar said to the pride that he had died. She needs saving from the horrible conditions at Pride rock.

The dispatcher – RafikiRafiki the wise old m,onkey helps Simba to speak to his father from the dead and gives him guuidance to take his place as king.
False hero - Scar
At the beginning Scar seems to show he is the loving brother who loves his nephew but something is mysterious about him and he ends up betraying his family.

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