Unit Three - Societies in Conflict

LESSON FOUR (ELAU3L4) – SHREK (Four Days)

INTRODUCTION

first lines from the move, Shrek....

[Shrek is reading a book in the outside toilet] 

Shrek: Once upon a time, there was a lovely princess. But she had an enchantment upon her of a fearful sort which could only be broken by love's first kiss. She was locked away in a castle guarded by a terrible fire-breathing dragon. Many brave knights had attempted to free her from this dreadful prison, but none prevailed. 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. 

[tears out a page and laughs] 


Shrek: Like that's ever gonna happen. What a load of... 

[flushes toilet and comes out]

. . . and so begins "the greatest fairy tale never written".

While on the surface, Shrek, may seem like an endearing children's movie, it holds several more important aspects and concepts that can be paralleled to every day life. Discrimination and prejudice are touched on in this movie. As an ogre, most people are shocked and disgusted by Shrek, who faces constant judgment by nearly everyone. 

 RESOURCES

"Jack and the Beanstalk"
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
Shrek essay
Shrek.com

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