Next we see Simba going to visit his uncle, Scar. Simba in his youthful Naivete announces that he will be king over the entire Kingdom his father had just finished showing him. this already being a sore point for Scar, we can see his frustration and annoyance at his nephew. With curiosity Simba asks, "when I'm king what does that make you?" Scar replies, "a monkey's uncle." We get a hint of Scar's personality when he replies to Simba's, "you're so weird." With, "you have no idea." his voice even suggests, sarcastically, that he had hidden agendas. Scar takes on a well known role of Satan as he lusts after a kingdom to the point of losing his own, well, sanity.
Scar shows another trait of the Adversary by careful temptation of the young lion's curiosity and desire for adventure. Very falsely, to the ears of the experienced part of the audience Scar says, "And elephant graveyard is no place for a young prince...oops!" Scar knew exactly that Simba would get excited as we see by his, "and elephant what?...whoa!"
Scar again innocently says, "Oh, dear I've said too much. I guess you would have known sooner or later." That was the plan. Just like Satan he knew just what buttons to push. He even ends with a phrase that can easily be pointed back to Satan, "Remember, it's our little secret."
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