Shrek's Message
In traditional fairy tales, ogres are man-eating beasts. The prince usually rescues the princess, they marry and live happily ever after. How do the makers of 'Shrek' use presentational devices to reverse this tradition, to reveal the Ogre as good, and the Prince as evil?
In this essay I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad and write about how the film makers use different interpretations making Shrek as good and the Prince as evil to create an unusual fairytale.
In traditional fairytales they start with an elaborate book which opens up to tell the story, gradually each page of the book turns to reveal the next page. The book starts by telling the
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The storybook characters react by running away screaming this suggests Shrek seems like a traditional ogre because like 'Jack and the beanstalk' ogres and giants like the taste of humans "Fe fi fo fum I smell the blood of an Englishman".
When Donkey approaches, Shrek roars at him and tries to intimidate him, Donkey is not frightened and Donkey responds to Shrek by laughing at him and is not intimated. Donkey says "You need some tic-tacs" Donkey ridicules Shrek about his bad breath. Donkey questions Shrek; Shrek shouts "What am I?" Shrek emplys that he is a monster but it doesn't scare Donkey. Donkey is very irritating towards Shrek he runs into Shreks house and bounces on his chair. Shrek does not succeed when he tries to stop Donkey, which suggests that Shrek isn't really a terrifying ogre! Unbeknown to Shrek fairytale characters have been evicted by Lord Farquaad and came to Shreks swamp. Shrek noticed three mice on his table and up his shoulder. It is comedy as he fails to catch the mice. Shrek shouts "I'm a terrifying
Ogre, what do I have to do to get a little privacy?" The behaviour of Donkey and the mice suggests that Shrek maybe not as frightening as an ogre should
Though it took some persuading, Donkey’s loud obnoxious voice convinces Shrek to let him tag along, because he knows the way to Duloc. During this scene, Daniel Breaker brings Donkey to life with different facial expressions and a great set of vocals. When donkey is happy and excited, his big ears would flip forward, and his goofy smile reveals all of his teeth. Throughout the play, Donkey provides a bit of comic relief like when he’s acting as Shrek’s conscious. He’s attempting to get Shrek to tell Fiona how he feels, he gives off a love connector vibe, and the tone in his voice sets the mood. Overall Daniel Breaker really did a great job as Donkey. I truly enjoyed the show, even more so because I was looking through a critical eye. I was looking for something to give a bad note on, but I couldn’t find anything from lightning, sound, and overall the entire production. I think the show was flawless. The way the production team used the lighting to seamlessly change scenes as Shrek and Donkey take their journey through the forest headed to save the princess, gave me the impression that they were walking through a real
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in the chamber they might get a bit scared but then the film eases the
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Shrekis about an ogre who in order to keep his swamp he has to rescue
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side of Shrek as he tries to explain himself to Donkey and how he's a
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order to do that Shrek is sent out on a mission to rescue a princess
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