Ogre

Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces such as “Crossing the Threshold,” the hero stayed where he felt safe. Beyond the threshold was an Ogre. A prince that they called “Prince Five-weapons” received the name because his teacher gave him five weapons that no one else knew about. When the ogre started to attack the prince he used the five weapons to defeat the ogre. This is a mythic hero because he prince had a teacher and the weapons he received were exclusive to only him at a time of need.…

I found this particular piece of artwork in the tunnels near Lanark residence, and obviously painted by some of its floor members quite a few years ago. This particular sign caught my eye because I was curious as to why an entire floor of people would choose a 2001 children’s animated movie to represent them in a public area for an indeterminate amount of time. I believe that the Shrek painting is a perfect example of a social media meme. According to Little (2014), “Internet memes—images that…

An Ogre named Shrek lives alone in his swamp until one day Lord Farquaad orders all of the fairytale characters living in Happily Ever After to move to the swamp. Shrek takes off with the talking Donkey who will become his best friend to find Lord Farquaad. In the meantime, Farquaad has to marry a princess in order to become a king. He chooses Princess Fiona that is locked in top of a castle. In order to get to Fiona he must get by the lava and a dragon. Farquaad makes a deal with Shrek that if…

what he was. He was the ogre mage. How could she know this? She said softly into the darkness, “It doesn’t matter how I know. I just know.” She knew what he looked like from the descriptions of the villagers. He was alone, standing with his short bulky arms above his head. He was preening. “He’s proud,” she said to herself. This made her desire to conquer and own him greater than before. Ogres, his less intelligent mates, generally lived and travelled with their tribes. The ogre mage stood…

share the belief that they are ugly and unattractive to be with each other. Due to their belief that they are ugly, it decreases their confidence as well as lowering their self-esteem. “Listen, little donkey, take a look at me! What am I? I'm an OGRE! You know, "grab your torch and pitchforks!" Doesn't that bother you?” Shrek doesn’t feel accepted as people are generally afraid of him as they perceive him as a beast, as a result of this it decreases his self-esteem as he is constantly rejected…

Shrek Don’t judge a book by its cover I find the character Shrek from the movie Shrek a really neglected character, as and ogre, the audience and the village people in the movie are pruned to believing he’s a bad, discussing, mean and emotion less beast, but throughout the story he begins to change our negative aspect of him into good aspects. Even though the village people in the place Shrek lives in believe he is an ugly and cruel beast, Shrek still proved to them he isn’t that bad in the…

Donkey, who is aptly named, Donkey. He doesn't have a usual relationship with Shrek. He annoys him and followed him from the second he met Shrek, Although Shrek doesn't like donkey he is grateful that Donkey doesn't see him as a terrifying Ogre because this, on an emotional level, upsets Shrek. But this means that the audience can relate to Shrek as we could all imagine what it feels like to be an outsider The plot of this fairytale is unlike usual fairytales. The…

Difference of Characters In today’s society we are always told to read the book before we watch a movie, because sometimes there can be a difference in characters which can possibly change the way we first thought the movie was gonna be like, such as Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson). When you read the book you are able to get all the details from the story and paint a picture in your head. This helps you get a better understanding of what is occurring in the movie as you are watching it for the…

Ngomba and Ramisoanala both begin their rites of passage as incomplete. The storyteller emphasizes the importance of appearance for both girls in the stories. As they begin their rites of passage they are imperfect, Ngomba has sores throughout her body and Ramisoanala has no eyes or skin. The only way for these girls to undergo a change into adulthood is for their outer appearance to be restored to beauty. In these cultures, woman undergo a different process to reach adulthood than men. Their…

Movies are not only for the purpose to entertain us, but also as a way to express the social issues that are present in society at any given time. The behavior and attitudes that certain member of the population holds against other members of society can be viewed as social stereotyping. Movies like these have become a documentation of history and the study of human nature and cultures. They show similar social issues that are relative and prevalent, regardless of the time and place it was in.…