Shrek Belonging Analysis
Additional Material 3 – Shrek (film)
Written by: Ted Elliot & Terry Rosio, based upon the book by William Steig, viewed on the 23/11/11
Shrek is a fantasy film that is based upon an ogre named Shrek who lives secluded in a swamp; he is considered a monster and is feared by everyone. Under a new regime by Lord Farquaad, he orders that all fairy tale creatures be turned in to the guards and they are exiled to Shrek’s swamp. Lord Farquaad sends him a quest to save Princess Fiona from a dragon guarded tower, and in return his swamp will be given back and along with it, his most desired privacy.
This film supports many ideas about both belonging and not belonging, one central idea that circulates through the movie is the fact that Shrek doesn’t belong because he is …show more content…
The camera angle shows him sitting by himself on a cliff symbolic of how he is alone in the world. Contrastingly, Fiona has a great desire to belong to society and live a ‘normal life’. She is even willing to marry someone who she does not like in order to become human. A similar scenario can be found in Romulus My Father Raimond finds himself wishing that he could belong to society more, “…had awakened in me a desire to live a normal life, desirable just because it was the kind of life lived or sought by almost everyone I knew” this quote clearly shows how Raimond’s desire to belong was stronger than the principles enforced upon him by his father, who is quite the opposite and does not believe in conformity. The contrast of his father’s principles and his own desires are the main technique used to show the reader that he wants to conform in order to belong to
Written by: Ted Elliot & Terry Rosio, based upon the book by William Steig, viewed on the 23/11/11
Shrek is a fantasy film that is based upon an ogre named Shrek who lives secluded in a swamp; he is considered a monster and is feared by everyone. Under a new regime by Lord Farquaad, he orders that all fairy tale creatures be turned in to the guards and they are exiled to Shrek’s swamp. Lord Farquaad sends him a quest to save Princess Fiona from a dragon guarded tower, and in return his swamp will be given back and along with it, his most desired privacy.
This film supports many ideas about both belonging and not belonging, one central idea that circulates through the movie is the fact that Shrek doesn’t belong because he is …show more content…
The camera angle shows him sitting by himself on a cliff symbolic of how he is alone in the world. Contrastingly, Fiona has a great desire to belong to society and live a ‘normal life’. She is even willing to marry someone who she does not like in order to become human. A similar scenario can be found in Romulus My Father Raimond finds himself wishing that he could belong to society more, “…had awakened in me a desire to live a normal life, desirable just because it was the kind of life lived or sought by almost everyone I knew” this quote clearly shows how Raimond’s desire to belong was stronger than the principles enforced upon him by his father, who is quite the opposite and does not believe in conformity. The contrast of his father’s principles and his own desires are the main technique used to show the reader that he wants to conform in order to belong to