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    Shrek

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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

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    job in your society; all of these factors determine your social status. Like in the movie "Shrek" symbolic interactionism plays a big part in the lives of the characters. Im going to talk about the way the characters are judged based on symbols and social sterotypes like the fairy tale creatures too the king and the kingdoom‚ the way everyone looks at ogers‚ and some ways Shrek judges the princess based on her status. I think everyone should judge not based on symbols but

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    SHREK

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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 Parody

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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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    Who Is Shrek?

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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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    Shrek Analysis

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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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    Fionia Shrek Analysis

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    Wrong century‚ Wrong time     A princess has standards she needs to meet‚ she must be mature and undeniably beautiful. In the movie Shrek we are introduced to a princess named Fiona. The film Shrek is a medieval romance.Where Fionia was placed in the wrong century. Fionia in the middle ages is like fish out of water‚ it’s odd and doesn’t feel right. She’s out of place in the middle ages because she stands her ground and is all about equality. She belongs in our contemporary society. Fionia is a

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    Heroes Journey for Shrek

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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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    Shrek Belonging Analysis

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    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

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    Shrek Forever After

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    Plot Before Shrek and Donkey rescue Princess Fiona in the first film (despite Shrek’s deal with Lord Farquaad)‚ King Harold and Queen Lillian – desperate to lift their daughter’s curse – meet with con artist Rumpelstiltskin‚ who wishes to become King of Far Far Away in exchange for helping them. But before the deal is signed‚ Harold and Lillian learn that Fiona has been rescued. Rumpelstiltskin is then shown to have become washed up as a result and subsequently bitter towards Shrek for inadvertently

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