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In the movie Shrek, there is an ogre named Shrek who encounters a problem when fairytale creatures start to takeover his swamp. Shrek speaks to Lord Farquaad about his delima. Shrek is sent on a quest to find the Farquaad as princess named Fiona so that Farquaad can become king and Shrek can have his swamp back. In order to get Fiona, Shrek and Donkey must get passed a dragon so Donkey distracts the dragon while Shrek got Fiona. Once Shrek has Fiona, he saves Donkey and they make their way to Farquaad’s castle. Along the way Shrek and Fiona fall in love, but Shrek is scarred Fiona won’t love him because he’s an ogre. Fiona and Shrek get in a fight and Fiona decides to marry Lord Farquaad. Shrek then finds out that she too is an ogre because of a spell that was set on her and in order to break …show more content…
The stone castles often times were cold and drafty so the tapestries hanging in castle rooms and halls added some color and warmth to the room. The Bayeux Tapestry was 231 feet long and had 70 scenes about the Norman Conquest of England. This tremendously helped us learn about this event and made it one of the most famous tapestries. (page 267) Fiona and Lord Farquaad are in the church full of stain glass windows getting married and about to say “I do”. Shrek found out that she wasn’t talking about him being an ugly ogre, but she was talking about herself. Shrek decides he better put an end to this wedding if he ever wants a chance with Fiona so he bursts through the doors and yells “I object”. During this time period craft workers made stain glass windows that only added to the magnificent look of the Gothic churches. They used bright, almost glowing, colors for the glass. Then they put the glass in small lead frames to hold them in place to create pictures. These pictures related to biblical stories which helped with educating the many illiterate people of the church. (page

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