Good and Evil in 'The Lion King'

1.       Who are the ‘good’ characters from the film? List them.

Simba, Zarzoo, Siar, Nula, Simone and Pumba

 

2.       Who are the ‘evil’ characters from the film? List them.

Scar, Bonsai, Shanzee, Ed and Hyenas

 

3.       What qualities help define Simba as a ‘good’ character? Explain some of his    personality traits and things he does in the film that demonstrates his ‘goodness’.

Simba tries to save his dad. He stops eating mammals and starts eating grubs instead. Simba starts living a whole different life with Simone and Pumba. He saves Simone and Pumba from another Lion.

 

4.       What qualities help define Scar as an ‘evil’ character? Explain some of his personality traits and things he does in the film that demonstrates his ‘evilness’.

Scar tricks Simba about the bad side making him go into the bad side. He sets a trap for Simba that traps him in a stamped. Scar kills his brother by pushing him off a cliff. He sets the Hyenas up to try and kill Simba.

 

5.       What is the ultimate evil act that Scar does? Why does he do this? What does this make you think or feel about his character?

Scar kills his brother Siar by pushing him off a cliff because he wants to be King. This makes me feel very sad as Scar actually killed his own brother on purpose.

 

6.       What do you think the overall moral or message of the film is? What is it trying to explain to us about life? How do these morals or messages relate to the themes of good and evil?

I think the moral of the story is that in life you do not always know who is good and who is evil. In life family is the only thing that truly matters. You do not always know your true friends; they may be evil without you knowing that they are.