In short, the Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson film, Shrek, is about an ogre who lives in a swamp by himself and is comfortable living in his ordinary world.
#Shrek ordinary world movie
This is the opening line of “Shrek” and like nearly all fairytales and many Disney movies it starts with “Once upon a time.” The movie Shrek, is an excellent example of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey because it’s about an ogre going on an adventure, fighting odds and enemies, winning the battles, and bringing home the prize. She waited in the dragon’s keep, in the highest room of the tallest tower, for her true love, and true love’s first kiss.” Many brave knights had attempted to free her from this dreadful prison, but none prevailed. She was locked away in a castle guarded by a terrible fire-breathing dragon. But she had an enchantment upon her of a fearful sort which could only be broken by love’s first kiss. “Once upon a time, there was a lovely princess. Shrek is an Epic Hero although most people find the film “Shrek” to be just a comical film it fulfills the requirements needed to prove that Shrek is indeed a hero. The “elixir” is the knowledge or experience that could be useful to all that remain.
The hero Returns to the “ordinary world”, but the journey is meaningless unless he brings back some “elixir”, treasure, or lesson from the “new world”.
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