In this essay I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad and write about how the film makers use different interpretations making Shrek as good and the Prince as evil to create an unusual fairytale.

In traditional fairy tales, ogres are man-eating beasts. The prince usually rescues the princess, they marry and live happily ever after. How do the makers of 'Shrek' use presentational devices to reverse this tradition, to reveal the Ogre as good, and the Prince as evil? In this essay I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad and write about how the film makers use different interpretations making Shrek as good and the Prince as evil to create an unusual fairytale. In traditional fairytales they start with an elaborate book which opens up to tell the story, gradually each page of the book turns to reveal the next page. The book starts by telling the reader the background about the fairytale "Once upon a time there lived a lovely princess" with beautifully painted illustrations. In traditional fairytales such as 'Snow White and the seven dwarfs' the witch casts and evil spell upon Snow White, a handsome prince rescues Snow White and she is freed from the spell and lives happily ever after. In 'Jack and the beanstalk' the giant chases Jack away from his kingdom; Jack runs away from the giant as fast as he can otherwise the giant would eat him. Language is an important device, and I am going to write about how the language can create the impression of good and evil in both characters, and in films. At the beginning of 'Shrek' the film opens with a

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In traditional fairy tales, ogres are man-eating beasts, the Prince rescues the Princess and they live happily ever after. How do the makers of Shrek use presentational devices to reverse this tradition, revealing the ogre as good, the Prince as ev

Shrek In traditional fairy tales, ogres are man-eating beasts, the Prince rescues the Princess and they live happily ever after. How do the makers of "Shrek" use presentational devices to reverse this tradition, revealing the ogre as good, the Prince as evil? In traditional fairy tales, the story begins "Once upon a time" and the general story line is a happy one. Fairy tales are designed for small children so they can't be violent or contain swearing etc. Snow White is a traditional fairy tale in which the evil queen tries to kill her but a prince rescues her, a typical stereotype fairytale layout. Sleeping Beauty has the same lay out but slightly differs from Snow White as there is a beast involved. Jack and the Beanstalk is a fairy tale but doesn't involve any love and there is a Giant which doesn't feature in many tales as for example a princess does. Early on in the film the villagers go to hunt Shrek but are un successful as he scares them off by "roaring" at them but you don't get any hint of evil or intent from Shrek to kill the villagers by diffusing the situation by whispering "this is the part where you run away" which adds a hint of comedy to the situation. From this we can tell that Shrek is a nice friendly harmless beast. A few scenes later Shrek and Donkey meet for the first time in the film. Donkey's first impression of Shrek is that he is scared but

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Comparison of 'Cousin Kate' and 'The Seduction'

Jen Pascoe 22nd January 2002 Comparison of 'Cousin Kate' and 'The Seduction' I will be comparing the poems 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rosetti and 'The Seduction' by Eileen McAuley. After reading both of these poems I have found that there are many similarities but also many differences. 'The Seduction' and 'Cousin Kate' are both written in a narrative style and set in stanzas. 'Cousin Kate' is split up into six stanzas, each with eight lines. 'Cousin Kate' is in the form of a letter from the maid to Kate to explain how she feels. The first two stanzas talk about meeting the Lord and their relationship. The third and fourth stanzas talk about Kate breaking them up and Kate's relationship. Finally stanzas five and six talk about how the maid feels she is better off than Kate and how she has her son. The poem is split up in this way to give a sense of pace and rhythm. What happens to the girl is predictable and so the rhyming scheme reflects this. 'The Seduction' is split up into fifteen stanzas, 14 with 14 lines each and one with 8 lines. The 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th and 8th stanzas talk about what happens after the party, at the Docks. This is fairly unorganised, representing how unorganised the girls feelings are and how she keeps looking back hoping to change the past. Stanzas 2, 3, and

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In this coursework, I will be comparing two different film trailers, "Lord of the rings _ the return of the king" and the "Gladiator".

Media Coursework_ Comparison of two film trailers. Tayyeba Shoaib In this coursework, I will be comparing two different film trailers, "Lord of the rings _ the return of the king" and the "Gladiator". Film trailers are promos designed by the film industry to attract the viewer's attention towards a specific film. They are usually compiled of interesting and short clips of the film, usually leaving the viewers with a cliffhanger. This increases the curiosity of the viewers and makes them keen to watch the film. The other purpose of the trailer is that it summarizes the film by presenting a limited story line of it. Every film is increasingly dependent on its trailer, as the viewers are bound to observe the trailer first to make sure they are not spending their money over some absurd movie. This is why a trailer has to be of effulgent quality and made up of exciting clips from the film. It is also said that a film dies or lives by its trailer. The films, "The two towers" and "The fellowship of the ring" have alreadypreceded the trailer of the film "The Lord of the rings_ the return of the king" The trailer of "Lord of the rings _ the return of the king" commences by a clip showing a flame of fire, which curiously looks like the shape of an eye, which turn into a thunder stroke and illuminates the sky ahead. The close-up of two characters are followed, Orlando Bloom and

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David and Goliath

David qualifies as an epic hero because of his penitence to Lord, his bravery in battle and for his civil leadership skills over Israel. Because of this he won the battle over the fierce, intimidating, and skilled warrior named Goliath. Stood up to Goliath with the courage of the Lord, when no other would volunteer and manifesting Israel to make the people believe that they did have a God. He one multiple battles in the hand of Lord and never disobeyed the Lord's commands. He acknowledged his sins and repents to Lord for forgiveness. David starts his repentance to Lord for the first time in Samuel 2 Chapter 12 verse 13, by saying to Nathan "I have sinned against the Lord." Then Nathan answers David by saying "The Lord on his part his forgiven your sin: you shall not die. But since you have utterly spurned the Lord by this deed, the child born to you must surely die." This is when David has impregnated Bathsheba with a bastard child while her husband, Uriah, was fighting for David on the battle lines and refused to leave his fellow soldiers to do as King David demanded. David asks for the Lord's forgiveness when he discovers that the person Nathan is talking about in the story was he, David. The Lord lets the boy live for seven days and during these seven days David prays to the Lord with all he has with the hopeful intention that the Lord will spare the boys life and punish

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In this essay, I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad, and write about how film makers use different presentational devices to create an unusual fairytale.

Shrek In this essay, I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad, and write about how film makers use different presentational devices to create an unusual fairytale. In 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs' the Prince freed Snow White from the spell by kissing her. In 'Jack And The Beanstalk' the giant chases Jack and wants to eat him. In Shrek we see a different type of fairytale which shows that Shrek is a modern fairytale. Language is an important device, and I am going to write about how language can create the impression of good and evil in both characters and in films. The film, 'Shrek', opens with the usual, man telling the story about a Princess and how she is trapped in a tower waiting for her Prince to rescue her. Then a hand comes in and tears out the page. Then Shrek comes out of the toilet wiping his arse. I think that the viewers are surprised because they're expecting an old fashioned fairytale. I think that the opening suggests it's a modern fairytale, with a different ending. When the storybook characters arrive Shrek threatens them by saying he will 'Grind your bones, and make jelly from your eyes'. He tries to frighten them by saying 'Orges are worse than giants'. They react by running away screaming. At first Shrek seems like a traditional orge because he's horrible, ugly and says nasty things like orges and giants do in traditional

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The Ethereal Plane

The Ethereal Plane Lightning struck the tower pinnacle, and briefy the city's main square was drenched in light. A violent storm was brewing around the city of Magelan, of the world of Ralon on the choas planes. All around the city the guard, dressed in mail of shadowy black, were attempting in vain to surpress the riots that where in place. People had taken the oncoming storm as a sign from the gods, to rise up and overthrow the evil Maraj who ruled their city. " The foolish mortals have taken our bait, their city is in choas my Dark Lord Iekkob" The bodyless voice echoed around the dim moon-lit entrance chamber of the great palace. Suddenly, with a blaze of flame and inpenitrible black smoke, a figure appeared. Slowly becoming less hazy the figure walked towards the base of the stairs, leaving scorched foot prints in the shining marble floor. As the the figure reached the thresh-hold of the crystal staircase, one of the statues that lined walls lazily walked towards him. The statued man was no longer a granite grey but shrowded in black and dark crimson robes. " My Lord Iekkob " The voice sounded again, but it was no longer bodyless. The statued man spoke it, softly, stealthily, yet clearly. " I am pleased, Liwl, you have fooled these pathetic mortals well. The planes of choas are now aptly named thanks to your teachery." The one named Liwl smiled at his apparent Dark

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Appreciation and comparison of modern and pre-twentieth century poetry - "Cousin Kate" by Christiana Rossetti and "Manwatching" by Georgia Garett.

Appreciation and comparison of modern and pre-twentieth century poetry: "Cousin Kate" by Christiana Rossetti and "Manwatching" by Georgia Garett Cousin Kate is set in a feudal society. A feudal society is where there are two classes, the rulers (lord) and the ruled (peasantry). The feudal lord had absolute power and expected absolute loyalty and obedience from the lower orders. In exchange they had his "protection". There was a cottage maiden who had a happy life in medieval times. She was good looking but she did not realise this. He took her to his palace. They had sex. Then he started to stalk the cottage maidens' cousin, her name was Kate. The cottage maiden falls in love with the lord. There are six stanzas in the poem "Cousin Kate", each with eight lines, the second, fourth, sixth and eighth lines rhyming. In the first stanza the cottage maiden finds out that she is good looking. We also find out that the cottage maiden and the lord have had an affair. She emphasises regret by saying, "why did a great lord find me out and praise my flaxen hair?" In the second stanza we find out more about the affair of the cottage maiden and the lord. In this stanza we find out how the lord lured the cottage maiden into his palace. Christiana Rossetti uses the word "lured" because it means to trap and that is the lord did. The cottage maiden is unhappy that she enjoyed the

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The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who lives in Hobbiton. JRR Tolkien.

The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who lives in Hobbiton. He enjoys a peaceful and pastoral life but his life is interrupted by a surprise visit by the wizard Gandalf. Before Bilbo is really able to improve upon the situation, Gandalf has invited himself to tea and when he arrives, he comes with a company of dwarves led by Thorin. They are embarking on a journey to recover lost treasure that is guarded by the dragon Smaug, at the Lonely Mountain. Gandalf has decided, much to Bilbo's chagrin, that the hobbit will make an excellent addition to the team and Bilbo is going to play the role of a burglar. As they start on their way, Bilbo has serious misgivings. On the journey, Bilbo and the dwarves encounter all sorts of villains and obstacles. They have not traveled very far when they stumble upon a group of trolls. A combination of Gandalf's wizardry and Bilbo's burglary land the group out of harm's way. They are able to replenish their supplies with the food that they find in the trolls' lodging place and they soon move on, pensive and fearful. Gandalf leads the group to a place where they can get a short rest and they pass through the country of the elves. It is June and all of the joys and songs of midsummer are on display. Bilbo and the dwarves stay at the house of Elrond, an old friend of Gandalf. As they continue on their journey, Bilbo is depressed and

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Chart Stevens' realisation that Lord Darlington was not a "great man" and show how the author has integrated this into Stevens' developing personality

Adele Cotterell Chart Stevens' realisation that Lord Darlington was not a "great man" and show how the author has integrated this into Stevens' developing personality The novel "Remains of the day" is told mostly through Stevens' memories on his life. One of the most influential characters in his past is Lord Darlington. Throughout the story Stevens reflects on their relationship, we see that the further away Stevens travels from Darlington hall, the more he realises the man he had dedicated most of his life to serving, wasn't the "Great man" he had convinced himself he was. One of our first recollections of Lord Darlington is when Stevens is packing for his trip, He says: "I am in the possession of a number of splendid suits, kindly passed onto me by Lord Darlington himself" From this quotation, Lord Darlington seems like the perfect employer, someone worthy of Stevens' respect, The Lord of this grand old English house handing down his own suits to the butler. The impression that we are left with, just before Stevens embarks on his life changing journey is that Lord Darlington is a generous and caring employer to his staff. On frequent occasions throughout his journey Stevens finds himself standing up for and defending Lord Darlington's memory. One of the most memorable for me, is when Mr Farraday jokes about Stevens' relationship with Miss Kempton being something

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