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    In the film ‘Shrek’ directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson‚ one important character is Donkey. In the film the directors introduce non-traditional characters to the traditional fairy tale storyline to put a funny twist on things. In a traditional fairy tail there would not be a talking Donkey as one of the main characters. In most traditional fairy tales there is a ‘handsome‚ strong’ prince and a weak princess whom relies on the prince rescue the damsel in distress. Donkey is very quick

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    In the movie “Shrek” Donkey argues on Shrek ultimately taking a chance on their friendships and a potential relationship with Fiona. Why did Donkey arguments work so well because of his appeal to Shrek Emotions? Shrek is stubborn and has been miss treated by the people in his community. He has accepted that isolating himself and being mean ogre is the route to go in order to stop creatures from bothering him. Donkey has seen Shrek true credibility and that he is not all the things people say about

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    AP Language October 5‚ 2012 Shrek Rhetorical Analysis Essay People have always watched fairytales at a very young age‚ growing up to believe in them. Some watched them to obtain some kind illusion‚ for pure entertainment‚ and others for the sake of love. However‚ not every fairytale has a purpose of giving us an illusion‚ of entertaining us‚ or making us believe in love. Shrek is not a typical fairytale. Even though many people see Shrek along with other fairytales as any other

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    Shrek Play Analysis

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    El Dorado Springs High School put on Shrek The Musical last week (under the direction of Nicole Smith)‚ an adaptation of DreamWorks Shrek the children’s cartoon movie. The actors weren’t really given a very good stage to perform on as well as a good backstage. The cast and crew of Shrek the musical did a good job of using of what they had. For such a small stage and a small school the production wasn’t bad as a whole. The set did a sufficient job at letting us know where we’re at and what’s going

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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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    released Shrek 2‚ a well-known American computer-animated fantasy-comedy film dedicated towards a mature audience due to its post modernistic approach. It is the second segment to the Shrek film series and is followed by another two films. The film starts right where the first movie finished. After Shrek and Princess Fiona’s honeymoon they are invited to the kingdom of Far Far Away to meet the princess’ royal parents. But then tension builds up when the couple arrives at kingdom. Shrek and the King

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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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    Shrek the movie Essay Shrek is a big green ogre who lives alone in the woods. He is feared by all the people in the land of Duloc. When the ruler of Duloc‚ Lord Farquaad commands all the fairy-tale beings to live in the woods‚ Shrek loses his peaceful life in the swamp. He sets out with his new friend Donkey to find Lord Farquaad and convince him to remove all the fairy-tale beings back where there belong. Lord Farquaad

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    What Features of fairy tales or legends are evident in the movie ‘Shrek’? The animated film ‘Shrek’ is a modern portrayal of a traditional story. It displays most‚ if not all qualities of both legend and fairy-tale. As the opening scene begins with non-diegetic music (audible to audience only) and a magical light shining on a large book with the traditional starting of a fairy tale ‘Once Upon a time’. This opening scene demonstrates one feature of the fairy-tale genre. This can also be seen through

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    In the movie Shrek directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson‚ a significant theme is judgement. This is shown through people’s first reaction when they saw Shrek‚ Shrek’s conversation with Donkey and subversiveness of Princess Fiona. 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

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