Analyzing The Film 'Shrek'

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Shrek Analytical Writing

In the 2001 film Shrek, the animation was revolutionary and changed the direction of other films in the upcoming years. The tale has a close similarity with the generic sleeping beauty story tale. The fairy tale revolves around a princess trapped in a castle guarded by a vile dragon and not so righteous hero which must save the princess in order to reclaim the ownership of his swamp. The film follows under multiple ideologies and perspectives that are predominated throughout the film.

Analyzing the film through a geographic and social lens, the main character, Shrek, can be identified comparable to a peasant based on the type of clothings the characters wore and their living status. For example, at the beginning

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