Later on in the film, Shrek meets Donkey who is to be his best and only friend. It is obvious to the viewer that Donkey is dim and this irritates Shrek much, ex. when Shrek asks "looks at me Donkey, what am i?", and trying to point out he is a "terrifying" ogre, Donkey replies "really tall?". Aother is when Shrek closes the mouth of Donkey while he is speaking to shut him up. but Donkey continues to talk until he was done. And through these occurances as such, Donkey tries to block out the negative acts from Shrek.
In other scenes where shrek is continued to be irritated is back in the swamp, before Shrek finds the fairytale creatures surrounding his swamp. The Three Blind Mice raid Shrek's table during his evening meal. They tease him by one such thing as sniffing Shrek's ear, saying it smells like cheese and taking a bite, then responding "awful stuff". ALso when the mice claim his food as a sofa and pour a bottle of eyes over spilling them about.
All these doings by Donkey and The Three Blind Mice implies about Shrek isn't as scarey or feared as he thinks, no fairytale creatures fear him at all.
And this also says about Shrek that he is short-tempered yet not agressive.
Seconds after the mice have bothered Shrek, Shrek sees that on the outside that all the fairytale creatures have arrived in his swamp, uninvited by him. Immediately Shrek is thrown into an angry rage and he belows at all of them "your welcome is offically over!" And tells them he is going to see Farquard to free them from his swamp. The storybook characters respond instantly by applauding him like a hero and treat him as their champion. Shrek isn't a vilent ogre, he doesn't want to hurt them but sort things out so everyone is happy including himself. Shrek wants them out as soon as possible buyt he wants to do it the humane way.
Shrek is traveling to Lord Farquard, at this time through the fields Donkey suggests to him an idea of taking his swamp back: "pull some o` that ogre trick on him" and Shrek replies gruesomely "decapitate a whole village, stick their heads pikes, cut open their spleins adn drink their fluids."
Further on inside the fighting arena when Shrek is being forced back by the knights and Shrek suggests "can't we settle this over a pint?", he is frightened of being harmed by the many that were there and harming overs, the consiquences in all. With so many about, mayhem is going to appear. Shrek just wants to settle this, so doing "over a pint" should appeal to the soldiers, in his opinion.
More along the film, Shrek crashes through the ceiling by mere chance into the princess' chamber, and the princess sees this. In response she dusts herself down, holds flowers and lays down to be awoken in tradition. She prepares for a kiss as Shrek approaches where she lays, but Shrek, being an ogre, shakes her by the shoulders. The princess is somewhat angered and annoyed by this, and relpies instantly with "what!?". Further still, Shrek takes Fiona by the hand, and pulls along down the stairs hastily instead of what she expected and desired of being swept off her feet and carried with upmost pride and romance to his "rescuer's" "noble steed". In fiona's libido for this first moment to be "lovely and romantic" she is disappointed, irritated and frustrated. All due to Shrek's deniel to recite a poem for her, even after her continuous demands.
Its is easy to see Shrek is no traditional knight, noble and charming like Fiona wanted. fiona has dreamed for the day to come and be nothing but perfect in the the traditional way, to be saved by her true love. Her presumption is that he is a valient knight, so the spell upon her can be broken, and she can become a real princess.
After the meeting of Shrek and Princess Fiona, Shrek goes to recue Donkey, but not to slay the dragon. And when Fiona asks to where he is going he replies "well i have to save my ass", holding the double meaning of himself in slang, and Donkey. Fiona questions his knighthood from this answer. Once Shrek has claimed Donkey he simply stops the dragon from escaping the castle and coming after to him, rather than to slay her. This comes to show it is not in Shrek's intention to hurt and slaughter any animal/creature he can think of (and comea cross), this dragon and everyother included. This is not in the nature of a traditional ogre. "I like my privacy" Shrek comments when in his swamp, this shows he just wants to get on with life and not have to harm anyone at all.
Marridge and Final Scenes
During the marridge scene when Shrek charges into the cathedral while the wedding is taking place, the effect of this shot where Shrek is running full speed ahead to the alter with his back to the camera (as well as others exept the Priest's, Farquad's and Fiona's) delivers to the audience that he really does love her. He is coming to her and isn't stopping from where he was, in a place without her. The camera expresses the truth from this shot with Fiona facing him as he goes to her, and Farquad also like a barrier to the two, and the Preit behind them, out of attention of the viewers.
From the soldiers charging to overpower Shrek and Fiona where Farquad is eaten alive in a vicious, tormenting battle with screaming and fright, to the slow, gentle bond between Shrek and Fiona when the fight is over that the viewer can easily can easily identify and understand, the message of good conquers evil an love triumphs all is created from Shrek and Fiona's first first, adn the magic of when the spell is broken.
After true love's first kiss between Shrek and Fiona where the spell is broken, beams of light shoot from the hands, feet and finally head unleashes the dramatism and the mass effect as well as power the speel has over Fiona. The shockwave of light to shatterall windows (exept one), the shear intensity of the light which should pass through glass and magic is displayed and smashes them all to pieces. As Fiona lays on the floor motionless with the sunset sunlight reachign through the hollow window frames, the setting seems magical, but in different terms.
The voice singing within the breakage of the spell where Fiona is up in mid-air fits with this scene of Finoa melting into her harmony of becoming her true form. The voice being used exploits the emotion and factors of this scene. The ligthing there, brightest from fiona, has all to focus upon Fiona and combine with the music to complete the moment and perfect the scene.