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Shrek

as a fairytale

Karly Corbett and Georgia Thomson

About Shrek

Loosely based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book of the same name and directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson.

About Shrek

The Fairytale Genre

Fairytales

Generic Conventions of Fairytales

Conventions

- The moral lesson

- Characters

- Magic

- Obstacles or tasks

- Happily ever after

Context of the audience

Context of the audience

Depending on the audiences social background and individual context, their response will differ.Adults and children will have different levels of understanding

For examples there are many jokes included for adults that would go over childrens heads.

Adult Jokes

Lord Farquaad's Castle

'Do you think he's compensating for something?'

Lord Farquaad in bed

Strengths

Weaknesses

COMPANY

LOGO

The look on the Mirror's face and Farquaad's quick peek under the covers imply he was aroused by the image of Fiona.

Shrek conforming, challenging or subverting the fairytale genre?

Conform and Subversion

Conforms

Conforms

There is a hero which is shrek who directly opposed the villain who is Lord Farquad.

There are magical characters including ogres, dragons, talking donkeys, and many more.

There was a test that the protagonist had to pass .

There were moral lessons present in the movie.

Happy ending with Shrek and Fiona.

Subverts

Having an ogre as the hero.

Fiona going from a beautiful princess into an ogre.

Instead of a handsome prince, there is an outsider from the swamps, ugly and stinking, who wins a princess by overcoming fear of himself.

Fiona remaims an an ogre in the end, even after true loves kiss with Shrek but this doesn't matter as she is accepted for her natural self.

Breaks the myth of how certain characters should behave and conform to their stereotypes.

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