Shrek Movie Analysis - 796 Words

Fairy tales don t always follow the same boring pattern; beautiful princess falls in love with her prince charming and they live happily ever after. The movie Shrek, an ogre and beautiful princess fall in love, though this beautiful princess has a secret; her secret is that by day a beautiful princess, and by night an ugly ogre, at least in her eyes. Shrek thought she was beautiful as a human and as an ogre; this hidden message is shown as beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Also in the movie, another implied message is that people are prejudice to stereotypes. Though, once you truly know some one, it can be really wonderful and life changing. In Shrek, Princess Fiona is a beautiful princess who is locked away in a tower awaiting her†¦show more content†¦She ends up belching in front of Shrek and Donkey, also catching flies with a spiders web and handing it to Shrek, and making a snake balloon for Shrek and accepting his frog balloon in return. Shrek and Fiona end up falling in love, even though they didn t like each other at the beginning because they assumed the other was not their type when in fact they are just alike. Friendship is one of the most important things in life. This is also shown in Shrek between Donkey, Shrek, and Fiona. Shrek and Donkey don t seem to get along at the beginning of the movie when rescuing Princess Fiona from the dragons keep. After Shrek and Donkey save Princess Fiona, Shrek overhears Princess Fiona and Donkey talking about her curse and how Princess Fiona thought she was ugly as an ogre and Shrek wouldn t love her if she was an Ogre. Near the end of the movie, Shrek, Donkey, and Princess Fiona all end up going their separate ways; Shrek ends up going back to his swamp, Donkey has nowhere so he ends up just walking around the forest, and Princess Fiona ends up going off to Duloc to marry Lord Farquaad. Before Princess Fiona and Lord Farquaad are married, Donkey tells Shrek that they are friends and that Shrek should treat him more like one. In the end, Shrek and Fiona end up happily together because of Donkey. Though this fairy tale isn t like the average fairy tale, it still has implied and hidden messages. Shrek displays many ofShow MoreRelatedRhethorical Analysis Movie Shrek1709 Words   |  7 PagesOctober 5, 2012 Shrek Rhetorical Analysis Essay People have always watched fairytales at a very young age, growing up to believe in them. Some watched them to obtain some kind illusion, for pure entertainment, and others for the sake of love. However, not every fairytale has a purpose of giving us an illusion, of entertaining us, or making us believe in love. Shrek is not a typical fairytale. 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