Shrek Hero's Journey Analysis
Hero's Journey
(12 Stages)
The Ordinary World- (The hero’s normal world before the story begins.) In the beginning of the movie you see shrek doing his daily behaviors, brushing his teeth with slug juice, eating eyeballs as food and setting a fire by burping on a matchstick. Shrek's ordinary world would be his swamp, where he lives peacefully without any worries. Shrek has sign saying “stay out” which indicates he likes being alone.
The Call to Adventure- (The hero is presented with a challenge adventure or problem.) In this case, when the fairytale characters are all appearing in Shrek’s home, we realize that he won’t be living a peaceful life in the swamp on his own anymore. Shrek goes to Lord Farquaad who says the only way the fairytale characters will come back to Duloc is if Shrek accepts a quest to rescue a princess out of a castle guarded by a fire breathing dragon.
Refusal of the Call- (The hero refuses the …show more content…
Shrek is faced with many physical challenges such as rescuing Donkey from the lava lake that surrounds the castle, rescuing Donkey from the dragon by trapping a chandelier around the neck of the dragon and fighting the dragon. The new approach I would say is, Donkey complementing the dragon which calms the dragon down, and makes her an ally because she falls in love with Donkey.
The Ordeal- (The hero faces a life or death crisis.) This is evident when Shrek and donkey are confronted by the dragon. They both are in a near death experience and Shrek lands in the princess’s room.
The Reward-(The hero takes the property of the treasure won by facing death.) Shrek survived death. He overcomes fear and is now rewarded. I think this step is when Shrek is not killed by the dragon, and lands in the princesses’ room. This is a reward because he rescues his prize which is Princess
(12 Stages)
The Ordinary World- (The hero’s normal world before the story begins.) In the beginning of the movie you see shrek doing his daily behaviors, brushing his teeth with slug juice, eating eyeballs as food and setting a fire by burping on a matchstick. Shrek's ordinary world would be his swamp, where he lives peacefully without any worries. Shrek has sign saying “stay out” which indicates he likes being alone.
The Call to Adventure- (The hero is presented with a challenge adventure or problem.) In this case, when the fairytale characters are all appearing in Shrek’s home, we realize that he won’t be living a peaceful life in the swamp on his own anymore. Shrek goes to Lord Farquaad who says the only way the fairytale characters will come back to Duloc is if Shrek accepts a quest to rescue a princess out of a castle guarded by a fire breathing dragon.
Refusal of the Call- (The hero refuses the …show more content…
Shrek is faced with many physical challenges such as rescuing Donkey from the lava lake that surrounds the castle, rescuing Donkey from the dragon by trapping a chandelier around the neck of the dragon and fighting the dragon. The new approach I would say is, Donkey complementing the dragon which calms the dragon down, and makes her an ally because she falls in love with Donkey.
The Ordeal- (The hero faces a life or death crisis.) This is evident when Shrek and donkey are confronted by the dragon. They both are in a near death experience and Shrek lands in the princess’s room.
The Reward-(The hero takes the property of the treasure won by facing death.) Shrek survived death. He overcomes fear and is now rewarded. I think this step is when Shrek is not killed by the dragon, and lands in the princesses’ room. This is a reward because he rescues his prize which is Princess