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Presentational Devices in Shrek In this essay I am going to show the different techniques the director uses and analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad to show how the makers of the film reverse tradition and create an original and amusing fairytale. The film opens with peaceful, traditional romantic non-diegetic music playing and the voice of Shrek as a narrator as he reads part of a fairytale book. By using this music and Shrek as a narrator, the

Love in The Beauty and the Beast and Shrek Love is a common theme not only in the entertainment industry, but as well as in life. Love sells, and people in the movie industries understand this and gain from the profit. Movies often portray love between two people who are both beautiful, and not always the best person they can be on the inside. In Disney’s The Beauty and the Beast and Dreamworks’ Shrek not only do they have two people fall in love, but also they show how love is blind

Adventure The hero is presented with a problem, challenge or adventure to undertake Lord Farquaad sends fairy tale creatures to Shrek's swamp, so he leaves the swamp to go to Lord Farquaad. To get his swamp back, he has to rescue the princess Fiona Refusal of the Call The hero refuses the challenge or journey, usually out of fear He doesn't refuse. Meeting with the Mentor The hero meets a mentor to gain confidence, advice or training to face the adventure

The main characters in the Movie Shrek are Donkey, Princess Fiona, and Shrek. Shrek is an ogre who wants to regain his swamp, and travels along with an annoying donkey in order to bring Princess Fiona to a scheming lord, wishing himself King. I feel that each of them have absolutely unique personalities and characteristics because they help unravel the story by being who they are. Shrek goes on a quest to get his swamp back and doesn't expect anything else to happen. Shrek not only gets his swamp

Shrek and Reversal of Fairytale Tradition Shrek directed Andrew Andamson and Vicky Jenson by contradicts the traditional view of a fairytale characters and settings. Although your first impressions may lead you to believe that that the story is totally different to a traditional fairytale looking more closely you find that there are a few similarities. This essay will be looking at the characters and the different presentational devises used to show how fairytale traditions

movie Shrek, the symbolism of each interaction has a deeper meaning somewhere down the road. For 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

the damsel in distress was turned on its head when Princess Fiona got the shock of her life when the big ogre showed up to rescue her. Fiona went from being the damsel to the sudden ‘I’m better than you’ attitude because Shrek didn’t live up to the typical “prince charming”. However Shrek lost this powerful message by the end of the movie and completely threw it in the bag by the end of the third movie in the motion picture series when Fiona and Shrek got married and had a family. Yeah, it was sweet

precious swamp back, he needs to rescue Princess Fiona. This is Shrek’s call to adventure. Shrek is a willing hero. This is shown when Shrek states he would do anything to get his swamp back. He willingly left as fast as he could, so he could return back to his old way of life. Shrek leaves his ordinary world when he leaves his house, then goes to the Lord’s castle. Shrek leaves the Lord’s castle sets his way out to the castle which encases Princess Fiona. Donkey, Shrek’s mentor, helps Shrek throughout

face to Fiona and confess that he is an ogre, not the handsome prince Fiona was hoping for. Additionally, Shrek shows courage when he bursts into the church in the last few scenes, proclaiming his love for Fiona. Courage is a significant theme in the film Shrek because Shrek is taking risks every minute, whether it’s opening up to new people or attempting something unorthodox. An element of courage illustrated in Shrek is when Shrek accepts Lord Farquaad’s quest to rescue princess Fiona from the

the help of a knight in shining armor. The knight in shining armor happens to be an ogre in dirty armor he takes from the bodies of dead knights. Throughout Shrek’s quest to save Fiona, they are kept apart by the appearance of a princess and an ogre. Shrek is an ogre who turns out to be the knight in shining armor for Fiona, a princess who is not a damsel in distress. The popular concept of a charming prince rescuing a beautiful princess is changed to an ogre rescuing an ogre. Shrek pushes others away