![]() In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington, while singing makes a subtle reference to the Hamlet gravedigger scene. The hedgehog quotes “ but soft what light through yonder window breaks” and the little green man replies: “ Romeo Oh Romeo Wherefore Art Thou Romeo”. Prickle Pants and the little man perform an adorable rendition of the famous balcony scene. Prickle Pants plays Romeo and a Little Green Man plays Juliet. Spoiler alert: at the end of the movie, the toys get together and stage a version of Romeo and Juliet. This sparks a moment of inspiration as he sings, with the skull still in his hands “what is to be or not to be” and writes on his parchment. While the townspeople are singing, a gravedigger pushes his cart as a skull rolls off the top of the cart, into Shakespeare’s hand. In the scene where Pocahontas makes her first appearance in London the townspeople sing “what a day in London” and the cartoon version of Shakespeare sings with them. Not only is there a clever reference to Hamlet in this movie, but there’s also an actual appearance by Shakespeare himself. At the end of the scene she reads to him a passage from Romeo and Juliet and quotes the original play: “There was never a story of more woe than that of Juliet and her Romeo.” In that particular scene we learn that the Beast never learned how to read, so Belle decides to teach him. In one of my personal favourite Disney movies, there’s this great segment that’s about 30 seconds, where there’s a subtle reference to Romeo And Juliet. ![]() For a list that explores Disney references to Shakespeare in deeper detail see Rogue Benjamin’s blog post. Here’s a list of five Shakespeare references in Disney movies. If you haven’t, I’d say it’s time you began.Although Shakespeare isn’t formally introduced to most students until high school, kids have exposure to Shakespeare significantly earlier than they’re even aware of through watching Disney classics. Now, you’ve probably wondered where holidays come from. For the story that you are about to be told took place in the holiday worlds of old. “Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems, in a place that perhaps you’ve seen in your dreams. “Come with us and you will see, this, our town of Halloween!” - Shadowsģ9. “Life’s no fun without a good scare.” - Kidsģ8. ![]() “I am the ‘who’ when you call, ‘Who’s there?'” - Ghoulģ7. “Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King!” - Corpsesģ6. “This is Halloween, everybody make a scene!” - Ghostsģ5. “This is Halloween, this is Halloween! Pumpkins scream in the dead of night!” - Pumpkinsģ4. Ride with the moon in the dead of night.” - Witchesģ3. “Say it once, say it twice, take a chance, and roll the dice. “That’s twice this month you’ve slipped deadly nightshade into my tea and run off.” - Dr. “Nothing’s more suspicious than frog’s breath!” - Dr. “She’s the only one who makes any sense around this insane asylum!” - Santa Clausģ0. “Nice work, Bone Daddy!” - SaxophonistĢ9. Now and forever!” – Lock, Stock, and BarrelĢ8. “Curiosity killed the cat, you know.” – Dr. “There’s only 365 days left until next Halloween!” - The MayorĢ6. ![]()
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