Shrek stereotypes essay

Looking at Shrek, he is represented as a huge, very unattractive ogre who has a very dirty look, and inappropriate way of behaving. Though this is so, he has a great heart, and some very masculine characteristics, such as pride, and competition when it comes to trying to win back his swamp and Fiona at the end.

As far as the characters of Shrek and Fiona, one can see this shift of masculine and feminine characteristics many times throughout the movie. Sometimes one can see Shrek being the emotional one, for instance when he does not know how to tell Fiona he loves her, that is more like a feminine characteristic.

Looking at all the three movies that have been produced so far, on can see that the characters of Shrek, who is an ogre and his love Fiona, who is originally a beautiful princess but then becomes an ogre herself, as well as other characters of the movie, go against the expectations of society regarding gender and its representation on screen.

In fact, the gender representations in Shrek are what make the audience and the rest of the characters fall in love with the main characters, such as Shrek, Fiona and Donkey. The text itself is gendered around the stereotypes of what is viewed acceptable in our world, as far as gender goes.