Fairytale Characters Hunting
in Shrek
9231030 Ginger
9331002 Kate
9331016 Nicole
9331034 Yula
9331058 David
Characters
Shrek
❥ Origins: Shrek! William, Steig (1990)
Fiona
❥ Origins: Shrek!
William, Steig(1990)
Donkey
❥ Origins: Shrek!
William, Steig (1990)
Puss in boots
❥ Origin: A European fairy tale,
❥ Collected by Charles Perrault in 1697
❥ Mother Goose Tales-"The Master Cat".
Fairy God Mother
❥ Origins: Grimm's Fairy Tales
Prince Charming
❥ Origins: Snow White,
Sleeping Beauty, and
Cinderella.
Frog King
❥ Origins: Grimm's Fairy Tales
Gingerbread man
❥ Origin:
English Fairy Tales,
Exists in several variants.
Pinocchio
❥ Origin:
Based on the novel for children
by Italian author Carlo Collodi.
Big Bad Wolf
❥ Origins: European folk tales
and mythologies.
❥ The Bad Wolf in fiction:
1. Three Little Pigs
2. Little Red Riding Hood
3. The Wolf and the Seven Kids
Three little pigs
❥ Origin: Was first included
in Nursery Rhymes and
Nursery Tales by James
Orchard HalliwellPhillipps, published
around 1843.
Three blind mice
❥ Origin: Mother Goose
rhymes
❥ The modern words are:
– Three blind mice. Three
blind mice.
– See how they run. See how
they run.
– They all ran after the
farmer's wife
– Who cut off their tails with a
carving knife.
– Did you ever see such a
thing in your life
– As three blind mice?
Pied Piper of Hamelin
❥Grimm’s fairy tales
❥Time:26 June,1284
❥Place: Germany
Tinker Bell
❥Peter Pan
❥Fictional Character
❥Tinker: mender
Peter Pan
❥Peter Pan
❥Play & Novel (Peter Pan and Wendy)
❥Neverland
Captain Hook
❥Peter Pan
❥Peter’s enemy
❥Smee
❥Crocodile
Ent
❥Hobbits-by J.R.R. Tolkien
❥The Lord of the Rings
❥Fictional Race
The headless Horseman
❥The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
❥Fictional Character
Robin Hood
❥Robin Hood
❥Folk Tale-may be based on true history
The Three Bears
❥ Origin: Old fairy tale
Little Red Riding Hood
❥ Little Red Riding Hood is
a famous folktale about a
young girl's encounter
with a wolf. The story has
changed much in its
history, and been subject
to numerous modern
adaptations and readings.
❥ The version most widely
known today is based on
the Brothers Grimm
version
Hansel and Gretel
❥ Hansel and Gretel
is a fairy tale of
Germanic origin,
adapted by the
Brothers Grimm
and earlier by
Giambattista Basile.
Thumbelina
❥ Thumbelina or Little
Tiny is a Danish fairy
tale by Hans Christian
Andersen, first
published in 1835
Analysis
Character
Shrek
Protagonist
Round Character
Fiona
Foil Character
Round Character
Donkey
Foil Character
Flat Character
Puss in boots
Foil Character
Round Character
Setting
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Integral Setting
Swamp
Dula Kingdom
Castle
Far Far Away kingdom
❥ Narrative point of view :
>Internal Narrator
Plot
• Episodic Plot
Conflict
❥The Protagonist against Another
❥ The Protagonist against Society
❥ The Protagonist against Nature
❥ The Protagonist against Self
Theme
❥ Shrek’s adjustment to society,
the importance of love and friendship,
achieving his identity,
and finding his place in the world.
Tone
Humor
❥ Exaggeration
❥ Incongruity
❥ Surprise
❥ Slapstick
❥ Absurdity
❥ Situational humor
❥ Ridicule/satire
❥ Defiance
❥ Violence
❥ Verbal Humor
Parody
❥ Original story:
Shrek! by William Steig.
Magic Objects
❥ Magic Mirror
❥ Magic Wand
❥ Magic Potion
Classic Scenes
❥ The Lord of The Rings
❥ Spiderman
❥ Mission Impossible
❥ Hollywood