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Analysing the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad.
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Shrek. A traditional fairy tale usually starts with "Once upon a time...." and mostly consists of a brave, handsome prince on a quest to rescue a beautiful stereotypical princess. That princess is mainly in some sort of predicament involving some hideous beast, a giant, an ogre or a dragon, and the tale always seems to have the same ending, the common phrase ".... and they lived happily ever after." As children we are given this view by storybooks and our parents telling us made up fairy tales. For some young children with that view of a typical fairy tale, Shrek must have come as a big shock to the system. Their traditional view of the brave, handsome prince, for example Prince Charming from Cinderella, is shattered by the image of the terrible, unnecessary actions of Lord Farquaad. Earlier on in the picture the audience knows that Shrek is not going to...
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