The movie Shrek which starts like any other fairy tale with a once upon a time. But once we see whom the hero of the story is it is made obvious that this is not a typical fairy tale. Each character symbolizes something in general. The four main characters are Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz)‚ Shrek (Mike Myers)‚ Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). The other characters include the old fairy tale creatures from stories of childhood‚ which are brought to life‚ and this is the tale
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Is Shrek a conventional fairytale? Analyse how the makers of Shrek use the conventions of a fairytale and comment on the ways the film both typifies and subverts the genreWhat are fairytales? Fairytales are stories with a moral which have been passed down from generation to generation mainly orally. When we consider fairytales we think of; Prince charming‚ damsel in distress‚ evil witch and a happy ending. These so called “fairytales” started off as very gruesome and brutal stories about how children
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SHREK Adapted from Shrek by William Steig By Martin GarrettCurrie Narrator: Once upon a time‚ there was a hideous ogre named Shrek. His mother and father were both morbidly ugly‚ but shrek was gruesomely uglier than the two of them together. As a toddler‚ Shrek could already spew fire a full ninetynine yards and vent smoke from his ears. Any snake foolish enough to try to bite him miraculously died on the spot. Narrator: One day‚ Shrek’s parents snarled things over and decided what to do with their son
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Shrek Shrek tells the tale of a lonely ogre trying to find his way though life in the forest. Along the way‚ he meets new friends‚ falls in love with a princess‚ fights a prince‚ and learns survival skills‚ all the while learning even more about himself. He realizes exactly what it means to be a good person‚ someone people can trust‚ as well as being comfortable in his own skin. Satire is the use of humour and with a critical attitude‚ irony‚ sarcasm‚ or ridicule for exposing or denouncing the
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Shrek was a very ugly ogre and was a monster with no friends. The ogre Shrek lived in a swamp in a forest. One day‚ Shrek and Donkey met. Donkey was a magical donkey‚ donkey could talk. During dinner‚ the creatures of the fairy tales enter the Shrek Swamp and wanted to live in their swamp. Shrek and Donkey needed to walk to the DuLoc‚ the kingdom of Lord Farquad‚ for the Shrek Swamp title. Shrek and Donkey quarreled with Lord Farquad’s knights. Lord Farquad needed to marry a princess‚ Princess Fiona
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2) Shrek is an ogre whose normal world consisted of brushing his teeth big green teeth with slug juice‚ and eating human eyeballs as a snack. The swamp was his home and he wanted no one to bother him so he kept signs saying ‘keep out’ which indicated that he liked to be alone. One day many fairy tale creatures invade his swamp because of Lord Farquaad. Shrek is forced to visit Lord Farquaad along with a donkey to ask for his swamp back‚ instead of Lord Farquaad simply giving the property back a
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The fictional character that I have decided to analyze is Shrek from the Shrek movies. Some background information about Shrek‚ well his full name is Shrek the ogre‚ his age is unknown but my guess is that he is around 25-30 years old at least in human years since he gets married and has kids later on in the movie. There weren’t any legitimate answers to what his childhood looked like but according to the shrek musical‚ It is said that he was sent away by his parents because it was ogre tradition
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experience was Shrek 2. Shrek 2 is a new release animation film. This is a great flick using the new state of the art animation. Shrek is not just a kid’s movie‚ but adults also find it funny. The movie is about an ogre named Shrek‚ who lives in a swamp. Shrek spent his whole life living in sham‚ because he was an ogre‚ and all the other creatures‚ and people felt threatened by him. Shrek meets a donkey played by Eddy Murphy‚ and they become friends. Later in the movie Shrek meets a beautiful
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Personality Analysis Shrek is a roughly 30-year-old ogre. His parents sent him away from home at age seven‚ as per ogre tradition. He lives alone in a swamp in the middle of the forest. His swamp was remodeled to mimic a human home‚ complete with outhouse. He has two friends‚ Donkey and Princess Fiona. He also has a variety of acquaintances from numerous fairytales‚ such as Pinocchio‚ Big Bad Wolf‚ and the Gingerbread Man. He is sent on a mission to rescue Princess Fiona in order that
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adventure Shrek meets Donkey‚ who is a trickster mentor. Donkey loves to talk. He teaches Shrek through humor. Crossing the First Threshold The hero crosses the gateway that separates the ordinary world from the special world When he first goes to Farquaad‚ the king orders his men to kill Shrek. Whoever kills him gets a chance to rescue the princess. Shrek kills all the men. Farquaad wants to marry the princess so he’ll be king‚ so he tells Shrek if he can rescue the
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