The Dreamworks film Shrek follows characters through a very strange fairy tale. Through the crazy tale the many characters display many complex issues of psychology such as personality disorders and many downfalls in society. One of the main problems within the movie is discrimination towards the ogres and other fairy tale creatures. Right off the bat a mob comes to Shrek’s swamp looking to kill him. They personally seek him out in his place of residency just because of the fact he is an ogre. All of the townspeople see ogres as awful monsters that kill. In the next scene fairy tale creatures are being relocated out of the town of Duloc in order to make the town more perfect. It shows that People view all fairy tale creatures as bad just because
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One of the clear signs he shows is his complete lack of remorse for his heinous actions towards other characters. He holds a tournament between men to see who will be fit to try and fetch Fiona. He states clearly to them that some may die and shows just how much he will not care for their death as he sees the deaths as benefiting him due to him having a champion. It proves his complete disregard for others in general how selfish he is. Farquaad is also in another scene where he is tormenting a gingerbread man. He taunts him with his legs that were ripped off and threatens to start taking gumdrop buttons without even batting an eyelash at how much pain it is causing the …show more content…
He demonstrates clear signs of having avoidant personality disorder. He avoids all people as well as any possible relationships. Living alone in a swamp is a clear indicator as to him wanting to be alone as well as him avoiding forming a friendship with Donkey even when he is positive about the situation. Shrek also feels like he is a horrible creature. He almost does not go after Fiona because he feels he is just a dumb ogre. Shrek locus of control changes through the movie and how he is motivated by it. He demonstrates having an internal locus of control when he travels to Duloc to get his swamp back. He took the matter into his own hands and did something about the situation. Later in the movie he demonstrates a more external locus of control. He plucks flower petals to see whether or not Fiona loves him, leaving his decision entirely up to
One of the clear signs he shows is his complete lack of remorse for his heinous actions towards other characters. He holds a tournament between men to see who will be fit to try and fetch Fiona. He states clearly to them that some may die and shows just how much he will not care for their death as he sees the deaths as benefiting him due to him having a champion. It proves his complete disregard for others in general how selfish he is. Farquaad is also in another scene where he is tormenting a gingerbread man. He taunts him with his legs that were ripped off and threatens to start taking gumdrop buttons without even batting an eyelash at how much pain it is causing the …show more content…
He demonstrates clear signs of having avoidant personality disorder. He avoids all people as well as any possible relationships. Living alone in a swamp is a clear indicator as to him wanting to be alone as well as him avoiding forming a friendship with Donkey even when he is positive about the situation. Shrek also feels like he is a horrible creature. He almost does not go after Fiona because he feels he is just a dumb ogre. Shrek locus of control changes through the movie and how he is motivated by it. He demonstrates having an internal locus of control when he travels to Duloc to get his swamp back. He took the matter into his own hands and did something about the situation. Later in the movie he demonstrates a more external locus of control. He plucks flower petals to see whether or not Fiona loves him, leaving his decision entirely up to