Lord Farquaad

The Characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad In this essay I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad. I will also explore the different presentational devices used by the film creators of Shrek to craft an unusual fairytale. This film cost $6 million to produce. It is based on a traditional fairytale type story but subverted. The film was produced by Dreamworks - Steven Spielberg's production company. Dreamworks make animated films. It has a rival

The film entitled “Shrek” is not like traditional fairy tales. In fact, it is the complete opposite of traditional writing methods. Unlike some traditional fairy tales like Cinderella, were the handsome prince finds his fair maiden and they live supposedly happily ever after, the writers and creators of the movie Shrek, have used not a pretty princess or a pompous prince as the main character, but instead... an Ogre. This is the complete reverse as surely a hero cannot be a man eating, ugly, putrid

Shrek's Message In 'Shrek' the roles of traditional fairy tale characters are switched. Shrek is the hero while Lord Farquaad is the evil character. Unlike traditional fairy tales like 'Jack and the Beanstalk' where the Giant is evil Jack is good. Different presentational devices are used to alter the view of the traditional fairy tale. The beginning of Shrek starts off with the traditional opening 'Once upon a time...' and is then cut off when Shrek says 'What a load

by all sort of fairytale characters sent by the scheming Lord Farquaad, who is the story villain. Shrek sets out to get the privacy of his swamp back from the invasion by Lord Farquaad, but a deal is made to rescue a princess (Fiona) how is locked in a tower from a fire breathing dragon. Many brave knight had tried and failed the rescue. Shrek saves her while being accompany by a donkey. On their way back to close the deal with Lord Farquaad, he begins to fall in love with Fiona but he does not realize

re are many similarities between the film Shrek and the novela Of Mice and Men. Three categories that I have examples for are, mismatched friendships, antagonists, and the role of women. The first category is mismatched friendships. In Shrek, Donkey tags around with Shrek like Lennie tags around with George in Of Mice and Men. Also they both have their bad moments in each story. In Shrek, Donkey and Shrek are fighting and arguing all the time, but they still have good, friendly moments, such as

Shrek: The Kindness of the Ogre Revealed Lord farquaad and Shrek use the correlation between them to distort the traditional fairy tale. Shrek barges in just before the happily ever after and changes the story for the better? To explain how filmmakers use presentational devices to change the traditional fairy tale to something more exciting and adventurous, I am going to analyze the characters of Shrek and lord farquaad. A traditional fairy tale that contains an

creature to ever accept Shrek for who he is, not just assume he was a monster. Shrek agreed to let Donkey stay for a while, bringing Shrek to his next important relationship, Princess Fiona. Shrek was ordered by Lord Farquaad to rescue Princess Fiona for him. What neither Shrek nor Lord

In the film Shrek, Fiona was waiting for her brave knight to rescue her so they may have their true love’s first kiss. Yet, Fiona does not find that. She soon realizes that her “brave knight” or true love, is an ogre named Shrek. She planned how it might have gone but it went completely opposite of that. Feminists like Wollstonecraft and Woolf wouldn’t approve of the way Fiona is portrayed in the film. In the film, Fiona is cursed with turning into an ogre at sun down until she receives a true love’s

The audience can now tell that this is not a conventional fairy tale. In the third scene of the story, rewards are being given for the capture of fairy tale creatures by Lord Farquaad's demand, as his orders are being carried out it gives the impression that he is a very imposing ruler. Many of the traditional fairytale creatures are visible in this such as the three bears, Pinochio. Many of these fairy

"settle it over a pint" but later decides to pummel them. From this the audience can tell that Shrek is in favour of peace but doesn't mind the odd brawl with the baddies. Later Shrek meets and rescues Princess Fiona as ordered by lord Farquaad. When they first meet Fiona is expecting a kiss as she lays ready (this is in reference to sleeping beauty) for a kiss but Shrek shakes her awake this suggests Shrek is not the traditional type as the film isn't either. When Fiona