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    Lord Farquaad wants to become King, but in order to do that he needs to marry a Princess. He asks the magic mirror on the wall to show three “contestants” to choose from. He then picks one like it’s a game show, and the women are just objects. Princess Fiona was

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    instance, Shrek losing his swamp leads to him going to Lord Farquaad. This in turn meeting Donkey and other fairy-tale creatures, and then going to save Fiona. This adventure, down the road of course, leads to him getting a wife and friends. When Shrek first meet the fairy tale creatures, he was about to start his quest to talk to the great lord Farquaad. The fairy tale creatures, who were all imprisoned and banished to Shrek’s swamp by lord Farquaad from his kingdom, all came to Shrek’s swamp. This led

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    Shrek Quester Analysis

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    popular movie Shrek. Shrek fulfills the title of a quester because he is an ogre living alone in a swamp until one day Lord Farquaad takes away his home. The destination for Shrek and his partner Donkey is the Dragon’s Castle to rescue Princess Fiona. The stated reason to travel there is that if Shrek is capable of rescuing Princess Fiona and bringing her back to Lord Farquaad, he would be allowed to return to his swamp and move on with his lonely life. There are many challenges throughout Shrek’s

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    Shrek Hero's Journey

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    Lord Farquaad holds the villain's character because he tries to manipulate his way of marrying Princess Fiona just to become King. He also invaded Shrek’s swamp by collecting fairytale creatures to force Shrek to seek him. This manipulation was conceived so he could get what he wanted. As Shrek attempts to get his swamp back by fulfilling Lord Farquaad's wishes, he still tries to defeat Shrek in multiple ways. Lord Farquaad still showed the personal qualities of

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    Film Review: Shrek

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    clearly had children in mind. It retains all the characteristics of Disney animated movies. Character-wise, we see the Three Little Pigs, Three Bears, and the Three Blind Mice, not to mention the Big Bad Wolf, Pinocchio, and Pete Pen. And when Lord Farquaad wants to find a bride, the Magic Mirror offers him three choices: Cinderella, Snow White, and Princess Fiona. Princess Fiona is the only new character out of the three. All other characters appear in the film so that its viewers, i.e. children, can

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    Satire In Shrek Essay

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    “Ogres have layers”: unravelling the layers of Shrek and fairytale tropes. I remember being 5 years old going to see a “Shrek” double feature with my dad, it was 2004 and it was opening night for Shrek 2, in that time the first film had become such an iconic pop culture icon. Which I believe is because it is a fairy tale, which are recognized globally of course, but also because it was a modern fairy-tale. Shrek told the story of the characters that not many people were used to seeing portrayed

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    Whether the story is about a tiny mouse or a gigantic ogre, there is magic in storytelling and bringing to life characters that relate their challenges of being unique. By comparing and contrasting two films, Shrek (2001) by DreamWorks Studios and Stuart Little (1999) by Sony Studios, the reader will better understand the dynamics of successful family entertainment with regards to the “Disney model”. Over the years family appropriate content, style and marketing has allowed for non-Disney produced

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    Both Shrek and Donkey are a direct parallel reference to Lennie Smalls In some way. Shrek and Of Mice And Men may not seem similar, but are in many ways when compared together. The book Of Mice And Men and Shrek are similar in three areas mismatched friendships, antagonists, and the role of women. As the book starts with Lennie and George running away from a lynch mob after Lennie, as does the movie Shrek. Shrek being an ogre is followed by a mob who is against his kind. Donkey is also followed

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    Shrek Play Analysis

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    himself. The play also has to do with phiona a princess locked in a castle at the age of 7 because of her big secret which she is she is a ogre by night. Then, Lord Farquaad banishes all fairytale creatures to shrek's swamp shrek gets very mad and asks Lord Farquaad if there is anything he can do to get his swamp back and lord Farquaad says he can rescue fiona from her fire breathing dragon guarded castle. On his journey to talk to lord

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    for her. When Juliet sees Romeo they talk, then fall in love, a forbidden love. Soon the couple get married and live with each other forever. In the movie Shrek there is an Ogre that goes to a castle of Lord Farquaad and needs to settle a debt. The Ogre is wanted and he reasons with Farquaad and the Lord said that he has to go save a princess from a dragon guarded castle so the Ogre goes to rescue the

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