The fantasy genre is able to introduce us to countless versions of reality which can serve to be a framework for imagining what we don’t know. This is portrayed through J.R.R Tolkien's, The Hobbit, and Shrek (2001), through the use of themed and dramatic techniques, helping us to establish the overall idea of inner identity. Tolkien’s high fantasy novel portrays identity through the expansion of avarice and how it is able to explain the impacts alongside showing us how, over a narrow period of time, it can successfully modify the minds and views possessed by the characters. Shrek challenges the gender stereotypes which are often portrayed in children stories, such as that of the “knight in shining armour” and the “damsel in distress”. This …show more content…
From a very young age, the minds of young children are taught to subconsciously feel that women are inferior to men. However, Shrek is characterised to overlook these assumptions by not playing the role of the traditional “knight in shining armour”. Shrek is shown to do this when princess Fiona demands to know, “what kind of a knight are you?” and he responds, “one of a kind.” The medium shot shown of the silhouette burnt into the wall in the following scene highlights Shreks unorthodox approach to the mission which turns out to be more effective than that of the more stereotypical knight's heroism. It shows us how Shreks unique and less decided approach to the mission helped him so much with saving princess Fional, depicting to us how it is not always important to fit in with the crowd, and it is okay to bring out your inner identity as well as the person who you truly are. This is because, although you might be different, that does not necessarily mean …show more content…
Tolkien focuses primarily on the male characters while containing no women in the plot of the story. This can be made evident through the hyperbole used when describing the dwarves, “The most redoubtable warrior of all the Speaking Peoples.” These terms are used to describe the typical brave, strong, witty male warrior which is often seen in such stories. In contrast, Shrek creates a universe in which women do not have to be figures with the only purpose of beauty. This can be seen when princess Fiona says, “this is not how a princess is meant to look” showing us how her “monstrous” appearance does not follow the expected stereotypes of princesses in other fairytale stories. This helps to teach us an important life lesson about the way that people are unaccepting when it comes to someone being different and all it takes is support and believing in yourself to become the hero of your
During the musical, Shrek talks about how his life resembles an onion with many layers beyond his harsh exterior. Donkey furthers this metaphor by telling Shrek that he is hiding behind his scary and ugly face just because he is afraid to let people into his heart. He is afraid to show emotion and feelings to Fiona because he is hiding behind his onion layers. Donkey explained that Shrek’s layers were more like a parfait because each layer is beautiful and worth exploring. Shrek had always put up his layers acted as if he were an onion, stinky and unwanted.
Shrek is a bad-tempered, green, and ugly ogre who lives happily in his own swamp. Until the day that the great Lord farquaad banished all sorts of fairy tale creatures to invade and live in his swamp. When Shrek wants his peaceful home back to himself, he and his sidekick, Donkey, make their way to the castle to speak to Lord farquaad about getting his swamp back. Lord Farquaad refuses to remove the creatures unless Shrek and Donkey do him a favor. The favor is that they rescue Princess Fiona from a castle guarded by a dragon and bring her back to the Lord.
It is in inarguable that some of Tolkien’s more well-known works contain an obvious lack of female characters. However, his pre-Hobbit mythologies do contain various memorable women. Still true though, is Tolkien’s insistence on constructing females that radiate pureness and perfection, usually possessing ethereal beauty, with little to no exceptions other than Ancalime. His heroines typically fall into one of three feminine archetypes derived from classic medieval literature and fairy tales. These are that of the Fairy Bride, the Good Witch, and the Shield Maiden.
When this happens, Fiona becomes filled with rage and seeking for vengeance but she knows Shrek has become immortal. Fiona decides to go the Peak Skyrim to pray and sacrifice the ring she was going to give Shrek. Donkey accepts
This is a prejudice that has always been pushed onto him and he himself promotes as truth so that people who target him will leave him alone. However, Shrek in reality is none of these stereotypes and only promotes the ideas so that people will be too scared to try and kill him. When Shrek brings Fiona to Lord Farquaad, Farquaad says that “You don’t have to waste good manners on the ogre. It’s not like it has any feelings” he and many others have belittled Shek with this prejudice to make him angry and resentful. This causes Shrek to lash out at even those he cares about, such as Donkey and Fiona, shunning himself from society.
Nevertheless, I cannot appreciate the part that Shrek and Fiona fart and burp against each other. I think it is a bit vulgar, even for the purpose to get the audience
In the Dreamworks film, Shrek 3, Shrek starts a family with his wife, Princess Fiona although he is known for a very monstrous ogre everywhere he's ever made an appearance. It takes Shrek some time to accustom to the fact that he is a father and people do not see him as a scary man because he now has kids. Unfortunately, Shrek does not want to accept that he is not viewed as a frightening figure anymore and that his ogre reputation has been abolished. However, throughout the movie Shrek reveals character traits through the trials he goes through as a father which gives him a new reputation. Shrek reveals that he is very caring, loving, compassionate, and considerate person through the experiences he underwent.
Also the encoding and framing contributed in representing his identity by choosing the specific needed information and sizing elements. As seen his racial identity has contributed many issues. But Shrek put it best when he said “Maybe it’s hard to believe what’s with my obvious charm and good looks but people used to think that I was a monster. And for a long time I believed them. But after a while you learn to ignore the names people calling you.
Shrek is the story of a green ogre who lives in a land of fairytale characters. The story begins with many of the fairytale characters being banished by Lord Farquaad and banished to Shrek 's swamp land. Shrek is asked to go and save the fairytale characters and a talking Donkey is sent to show him the way to Lord Farquaad 's castle in Duloc.
Rhetorical Analysis Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and many other Disney movies all have one thing in common, they feature a female lead who need a male figure to save them. However, things started to change after the release of Mulan 1988. It changed from only having those female leads who always needed to rely on someone, to females who were able to show off their more masculine side. In the article “Post-Princess Models of Gender: The New Man in Pixar/Disney,” Ken Gillam and Shannon R. Wooden explored the idea that Pixar movies were starting to show male characters who weren 't afraid to show their emotions and feminine attributes, to promote the “New Man” model.
Nevertheless, I cannot appreciate the part that Shrek and Fiona fart and burp against each other. I think it is a bit vulgar, even for the purpose to get the audience
making him seem like a monster. The author uses the fact that he is an ogre to alienate him from the other characters. And even Shrek alienates himself stating, “Look, I'm not the one with the problem, okay? It's the world that seems to have a problem with Me! People take one look at me and go Aargh!
This movie represents everything that society says a real life princess should be; beautiful and silent. Ariel is the princess that shows that the innocent and quiet women will always win. Women in movies and books are often described as dependent, weak, self-critical, and passive. While there is a great deal of influence over younger girls, boys are also influenced through the slight humor in male characters. Prince Eric is described as masculine and has qualities including being a man of power, strong and self-confident.
The movie Shrek is a popular classic in the animation genre of film. A big reason for it becoming a classic is its theme. Shrek is an ogre who is constantly feared and looked down in society. His looks make people want to kill him, which makes Shrek isolate himself from in his swamp. So what exactly is the theme of the story?
“Beauty and the Beast” is an original fairy tale and over time have incorporated social, religious and cultural themes. An analysis of the Disney version of “Beauty and the Beast” exemplifies the stereotypes of the more subtle forms of social manipulation that fairytales undergo to employ. The question of whether these stories are made for entertainment or send a much larger picture, depicting to children their gender roles within a society. In this paper gender roles will be represented showing the typical female and male character within a society. Historian Sylvia D. Hoffert defines a gender ideal as “the cluster of characteristics, behavior patterns, and values that members of a group think a man or a woman should have, a set of cultural expectations.”