Hassan II of Morocco Hassan dissolved Parliament and ruled directly, although he did not abolish the mechanisms of parliamentary democracy. When elections were eventually held, they were mostly rigged in favour of loyal parties. This caused severe discontent among the opposition, and protest demonstrations and riots challenged the King's rule. A US report observed that "Hassan appears obsessed with the preservation of his power rather than with its application toward the resolution of Morocco's multiplying domestic problems." In the early 1970s, King Hassan survived two assassination attempts. The first, in 1971, was a coup d'état attempt allegedly supported by Libya, organized by General Mohamed
King Claudius Morrow in the television series "Sons of Anarchy", which relies heavily on the general plot structure of "Hamlet"; his character is based on Claudius. Ron Perlman has said, "I'm sure they're going to stick to the structure of "Hamlet" all the way to the end" of the series. In Disney's "The Lion King", the villain, Scar (voiced by Jeremy Irons), is modelled after Claudius; both characters murder their brothers and dissemble to their nephews to ascend to the throne. King Claudius King Claudius is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet". He is the brother