Traditional ogres are known as vicious killing beasts, enemies of royalty such as princesses. Though Shrek does appear to be a violent at times, he does not slay the dragon. Shrek has come to rescue the princess to claim his swamp back, he does not have to slay the dragon and, therefore, does not, in his own descision. The reason he gives for this when Fiona comments. "All the other knights did", Shrek replies, "right before they burst into flames." This further supports his reason to sly the dragon, he cannot so he doesn't try. This tells us that Shrek is no killer, evem though he may be short-tempered. It could be he wouldn't even hurt a fly. Shrek wants to live his life in his swamp in peace as he has always done.
Shrek really is just a ,isunderstood ogre who does not want to fight, or bloodshed. Shrek, on the inside, is kind, trustful with abillity to love, as he does, Princess Fiona. He is used to the way the world has mistreated him for who he is and he returns this to those he knows. Shrek has no patients with Donkey and wants everyone to stay out of his
swamp with no chance to meet Shrek. But really, he is not like this, you could consider it that Shrek is putting on his impatients and anger in the form of acting.
Comparin the character of Lord Farquad to Shrek's you can see, one is good, one is evil. Lord Farquard's character is introduced with the scene of the gingerbread man. Farquard is presented as stubborn, mischievious and prejadice towards fairytale creatures. With a popular character as the gingerbread man laying with two broken legs, after being tortured with milk, the scene shows a disgraceful, hateful man, abusing his power and place as Lord. He insults the gingerbread man by quoting him, showing how heartless he is, and he discards him into the bin when he is done, showing how guilttless he is also. Farquard is, by far, the evil one.
at the end of the film, in the marridge scene, Shrek bursts into the church and cried "I object!" To the marridge of Princess and Farquard. When he approaches the alter and speaks, Farquard realizes he love FIona, and laughs carelessly and says. "who cares!" "Its not like it has feelings anyway." Followed by, "Fiona my darling, we are but a kiss away for eternal happiness." But really, he is jsut marrying her so he can be kind, and have his kingdom. He doesn't care for Fiona or her love at all. When Farquard finds out she is an ogre, he remarks, "It's hideous!" And before Farquard's departure into the dragon's stomaach he holds a knief to her throat and belows to her "I'll have you locked-up
for the rest of your days!" (Back in the tower she was rescued from). These actions of Farquard re-inforce his heartlessness, ruthlessness, marrying to be king and his disgrace, all caused, expressed and shown from his resent to Fiona's nightly form of being an ogre. On top of all this, for all he has done in those last minutes, it is shown that Lord Farquard is truely evil.
