Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
elly killed in an antelope stampede, thanks to Scar's underhanded trickery. Scar makes Simba
think he caused his own father's death, and Simba, fearing Scar will kill him, escapes across
the desert like Hamlet leaving the court of Denmark after his uncle killed his father.
In Act Two, a guilt-wracked Simba comes to the SPECIAL WORLD of a lush jungle area
where he meets two funny sidekicks, fast-talking meerkat Timon and tubby warthog Pumbaa,
the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of the piece. To get his mind off his guilt, they teach him
the take-it-easy philosophy of'Hakuna Matata" and show him how they live on the jungle's
never-ending banquet of bugs. Simba grows into a powerful teen-aged lion and one day has
a violent encounter with another lion who was menacing Pumbaa. However it turns out to