How does viva la vida by Coldplay connect to hamlet by Shakespeare?

[Emmabae12]

For English I got assigned a song that related to hamlet. which was viva la vida by Coldplay. I just don’t see how it connects. Sombody please help.

[Optymistyk]

If you don't understand Hamlet replace it with the Lion King as it's heavily based on Hamlet

Viva la Vida is a song about a ruler who lost the throne. Hamlet features a similiar concept of a Prince who is betrayed by his uncle and forced to flee and hide.

"Nie the old King is dead, long live the King!" Is almost a direct quote from Hamlet.

"The walls closed on me" is probably a reference to Hamlet (the Prince of Denmark) calling Denmark a prison because there's noone he could trust

"People couldn't believe what I've become" - by the end of the Play Hamlet is hellbent on vengeance and causes the death of himself and the entire royal family, killing his treacherous uncle who was actually a good King to the people

The rest seems to not be based on Hamlet in any way

[YoungBuII]

It’s pretty obvious tbh. To put it simply, it’s about someone powerful who loses everything.

So basically the princes dad is murdered, and he dies at the end.

[Randomawkwardness]

They both have words

[justawhiteman]

"and I discovered that my castle stands" refers to Hamlets demise then eventual rise to power and triumph..

[Nachowedgie]

It doesn't, you're fucked