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Shrek: A Satirical Fairy Tale Explained

Explore how "Shrek" satirizes traditional fairy tales through techniques like exaggeration, incongruity, reversal, and parody. Discover the humor and social commentary behind this iconic film!

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Shrek: A Satirical Fairy Tale Explained

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  1. Folk Tales and Fairy Tales

  2. What makes a storya folk tale or fairy tale?

  3. Characters • Characters are simple. • One is good. • One is wicked. • One character is someone of royalty (king, queen, prince, princess, etc.)

  4. Plot • The story begins with “once upon a time” or something similar. • Plots are simple and direct. • Magic events, characters and objects are part of the story.

  5. Setting • They were told as oral stories before they were written down. • They represent our cultural heritage. • Certain numbers like three and seven are often in the story.

  6. Other story elements... • They reveal truths about human nature. • The story ends with “…they lived happily ever after.”

  7. Shrek, the Fairy Tale

  8. Shrek is a Satirical Fairy Tale • Satire: In Shrek, the producers make fun of the structure and elements of the traditional fairy tale

  9. Introduce definitions for four techniques of satire • Exaggeration • To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen. • Incongruity • To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings

  10. Reversal • To present the opposite of the normal order (e.g., the order of events, hierarchical order). • Parody • To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing.

  11. Introduce definitions for four techniques of satire • Exaggeration • Princess Fiona fights and successfully defeats Robin Hood and all of his Merry Men without any help and without any weapons. • Incongruity • Princess Fiona uses her ponytail to deliver a knockout punch to one of the Merry Men. While frozen in a mid-air martial arts kick, Princess Fiona pauses to fix her disheveled hair before knocking out two of the Merry Men.

  12. Introduce definitions for four techniques of satire • Reversal • The roles of the hero and the damsel in distress have been reversed. In this clip, it is Princess Fiona, the rescuee, who fights and defeats the foe. • Parody • The fight scene is an exaggerated imitation of the martial arts style and special effects used in movies such as The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

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