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    Shrek 2: Movie Review

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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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    "there isn`t necessary plurity in the new media‚ so not everyone can create a discourse as easily" (Cook). Movie Application In the movie Shrek‚ the fairytale is not you typical version of what we believe to be a happy ending in our society. Shrek demonstrates the conventional prototype of a recognizable fairytale. He does this by giving new meaning and implication based on the old allegorical structure that fairytale are build upon by reincarnating

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    Shrek 2 Script Analysis

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    Script of Shrek 2 {Man} Once upon a time there was a lovely princess. But she had an enchantment upon her of a fearful sort which could only be broken by love’s first kiss. She was locked away in a castle guarded by a terrible fire-breathing dragon. Many brave knigts had attempted to free her from this dreadful prison‚ but non prevailed. She waited in the dragon’s keep in the highest room of the tallest tower for her true love and true

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    Epic of Gilgamesh

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    Like any story‚ epics are only as captivating as the actions of their main character. The development of an epic hero begins with the buildup and occurrence of an event that either triggers or happens due to the tragic flaw of the hero. In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the protagonist fills the classic example of a hero through some obvious and sometimes more subtle aspects of the story. Without a hero‚ there is no epic. Likewise‚ without Gilgamesh‚ there is no epic tale of his triumph. Through his changes

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    Epic Heroes

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    don’t know title I’ll be talking about how Gilgamesh‚ Odysseus‚ and Oedipus fulfill their role as an epic hero. Secondly I’ll talk about how they compare to each other. Thirdly what the heroes do right according to their traditions. What do they wrong and why do they do it. Why does Odysseus succeed as hero while the other heroes fail in the key way? What makes Oedipus a “tragic” hero? I’ll talk about if we can blame Oedipus for his failures on personal flaws‚ mistakes‚ chance‚ fate‚ or a mix

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    Beowulf as Epic

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    What makes an epic? Is Beowulf an epic?    What is an epic poem‚ and how does it differ from other kinds of poetry or storytelling? How have epic poems traditionally been transmitted from generation to generation? How do tellers remember these long and complicated stories? According to Robert Harris’s Glossary of Literary Terms‚ he defines an epic as the following: Epic. An extended narrative poem recounting actions‚ travels‚ adventures‚ and heroic episodes and written in a high style (with

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    Beowulf as an Epic

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    greatest epics of all time. Ironically‚ no one can lay claim to being the author of this amazing example of literature. The creator of this poem was said to be alive around 600 A.D. and the story was‚ since then‚ been passed down orally from generation to generation. When the first English monks heard the story‚ they took it upon themselves to write it down and add a bit of their own thoughts. Thus‚ a great epic and the beginning to English literature was born. To be considered and epic‚ a piece

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    Shrek Shrek is an animation and adventure film‚ released in 2001. Like most films Shrek opens with the iconic beginning ‘Once upon a time…’ which leads viewers to believe the film will have a traditional approach. In the next scene the fairytale book is slammed shut. Then this green ugly ogre named Shrek appears. Thus suggesting that this film is not tradition but unconventional. Shrek the ugly ogre is a friendly beast that rescues the princess from the evil prince. Shrek is an unconventional character

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    Professor. Russell English -100 11 April 2016 The Semiotic Analysis of a Shrek Shrek-Animated Movie was released on April 22‚ 2001 In the Animated Movie Shrek. Who is an ogre named Shrek has a lonely life gets shattered by evil characters who invade their place. This movie shows that how there are many people out there that are being judged by their

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    Romantic… EpicHero…? When I was a little girl‚ I always believed a hero‚ perhaps a young prince‚ would save me from my awful parents. That prince would be my hero and we would live happily ever after. I know now‚ that’s not realistic‚ yet the media keeps pushing this ridiculous idea on little girls everywhere. They wait‚ in despair‚ for a prince who will never arrive. Heroes like this are classified into several schemas in literature. An epic hero is superhuman in contrast to the romantic hero who

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