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SHREK COURSEWORK In traditional fairy tales, ogres are man-eating beasts, the princes usually rescue the princess, and they live happily ever after. How do the makers of "Shrek" use presentational devices to reverse this tradition, to reveal the ogre as good, and the prince as evil? In this essay, I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad and write about how the film-makers use different filmic techniques to create an unusual fairy tale. In a traditional fairy tales, the ogre, giant, or monster is pure evil, and portrays a satanic image. They eat humans and commit evil and heinous crimes. The prince on the other hand is to angelic proportions, thus rescuing the princess and vanquishing the evil being. At the start of the film "Shrek" a book is opened, revealing classically written text, and carefully drawn, jeweled pictures. Classical music commences to play, and a deep-voiced, stereotypical male voice...

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