The Code Of Chivalry And Symbolism In Shrek

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. The hero, Shrek, is forced to go on a quest in order to win back the deed to his swamp because Lord Farquaad banished the Fairy tale creatures there. Lord Farquaad is herding all the fairytale creatures out of the city of Dulop because he believes
That is a stupefying example of the 10th rule in the code of chivalry, "Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil." Shrek also portrays this ideal when he first confronts Lord Farquaad, and he orders the knights to attack the ogre, Shrek. Shrek defeats all the knights and the Lord presents Shrek with a deal which would give him his deed to his swamp back, if Shrek rescued Princess Fiona from her castle. Another example from this movie that exhibits this code is when Shrek returns to Princess Fiona and trys to win her back. Shrek realizes that Lord Farquaad was only marrying Princess Fiona in order to become king, and Shrek realizing that he loves Fiona, goes back and rescues
Shrek, who lived peacefully in his swamp, finds many fairy tale beings, including the talkative Donkey, who were forced to the swamp by order of Lord Farquaad. Shrek and the Donkey decide to travel to the country to see Farquaad to try to regain Shrek 's swamp. The two make it to Farquaad 's palace in Dulac and come across a knight tournament to decide who will rescue Princess Fiona. Shrek manages to best the other knights, and Farquaad makes an agreement with Shrek, that if he goes to rescue Fiona he would give Shrek his deed back. Shrek was met with a very big challenge at this point in the story, but he never recoiled in front of his enemy, one of the ten ideals in the code of chivalry. When Shrek encountered the dragon at Princess Fiona 's castle, he again didn 't recoil even though he could 've died at any