People's first impressions of the ogre Shrek.

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People’s first impressions of the ogre Shrek, is that he is not in anyway traditional. He is seen as a cross between the traditional Disney style of films and the not so traditional style of entertainment such as The Simpsons. The comedy and jokes can be understood by all generations, young and old. Simple put, ‘Shrek’ is a fairy tale for everyone, with a hero much the same.

The film begins with the opening of a typical fairy tale book being read by the narrator. The traditional theme is read, about a damsel in distress, and a so called Prince Charming going to rescue her. However in Shrek the narrator, when he gets to the last page rips it out, and proclaims, “what a load of rubbish.” The door of a toilet is then flung open, and Shrek steps out. There is also a comparison of the toilet being flushed, right after Shrek tears out the last page of the book. This shows what Shrek thinks of the happy ending of the book. Early on in the play the producers of Shrek use modern rap music in the background, which gives an indication that this is no ordinary fairy tale.

Shrek seems like a traditional ogre because after the introduction to Shrek is done it shows a different side to his personality. He intimidates the villagers who were plotting to kill him by doing both the normal and expected way and the unexpected way. The normal way, that you expect Shrek, an ogre to do, is roar at them and scare them away, which he does and succeeds doings, but he does not eat them. Instead he creates a sence of terror among the villagers. He sneaks up stealthily behind them and politely points out to villagers that ogres are much worse than giants. He says ogres will do such things as, “shave your liver, make a soup from your skin,” and “squeeze jelly from your eyes.” He then roars at them and they run away which suggests Shrek probably just wants a quiet life in the swamp where he lives and to be by himself.

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What Shrek does not need is a cocky and witty talking donkey as a friend. He also does not want a bunch of Disney, fairy tale characters placed in his swamp. This shows that Shrek is a loner and does not want people around him. The character Donkey is an important character to the film Shrek. He is the one that brings Shrek down to reality, that he is not as scary as he thinks he is, for example, when Shrek tries to intimidate Donkey by roaring at him, Donkey irritates Shrek about his bad breath. He says, “if ...

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