The significance of judgement is shown through people’s first reaction when they saw Shrek. “Oh… An ogre! It’s hideous.” is often what comes to people first, they stereotype “ogre” as bad and negative characters. “They judge me before they even know me.” It shows people making inconsiderable/uncritical judgements without thinking deeply into what they are really saying. This is significant because no one would like to be judged unfairly, but being called an ogre is a daily insult to Shrek, even if he hates it. However, the zoom in of Shrek’s face, the over-shoulder shot when Shrek is talking to the soldiers, the behaviour of him showed us that Shrek is a huge ogre with a gentle voice and a friendly nature. The real Shrek is a completely different person compared with the assumed Shrek.
The significance of judgement is shown through Shrek’s conversation with Donkey. "I'm not the one with the problem, okay? It's the world that seems to have a problem with me. People take one look at me and go, 'Aah! Help! Run! A big, stupid, ugly ogre!'" It shows that when a person is treated by a lot of people badly enough, they would start to build walls between the world and themselves. This is important because judgement is what every person makes, some judge by first sight, some/others judge by behaviours, some/still others judge by personalities. However, Shrek is judged incorrectly by almost everyone in the movie, other than Donkey, who liked and respected Shrek's "I-don’t-care-what-nobody-thinks-of-me-thing". Untruthful judgements can hurt people like Shrek very much, because it happens so often, happens every time he meets a new person.
The significance of judgement is shown through the subversive/subversion of Princess Fiona. “I-- I've