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Essay / Gender Stereotypes in Fairy Tales - 996
Shrek, a huge disgusting green ogre falling in love with a beautiful princess (later transforming into an evil ogre) is a perfect example of a stereotypical fairy tale, n isn't it? Well, in the Shrek movie, the voiceover in the trailer talks about a "hero" trying to save a "beautiful princess" with the help of "his faithful companion." Apart from the fact that the hero is a voluptuous green ogre and that the companion is a donkey, everything normally falls within the definition of a traditional fairy tale (Diaz) Still according to Mary Kunimitsu, in fantasy films "there can be characters with magical or supernatural abilities such as witches, wizards, superheroes, mythical creatures, who speak). animals and ghosts” (Kunimitsu). In Shrek, there are a lot of these different characters. Therefore, by explanation, a traditional fairy tale with the beautiful princess being saved by the prince and falling in love is exactly what happens in the Shrek movie. just with a touch of originality. The voiceover in the Shrek trailer says it perfectly: “Shrek is a very irreverent take on the classic fairy tale” (Adamson). As a non-traditional fairy tale and parody, the film Shrek poses the rupture. genre stereotypes and cinematic fairy tales while maintaining the criteria of a fairy tale. The original Disney fairy tales depict their princesses as beautiful, elegant, and very feminine. Although this is depicted in most fairy tales, it is not a determining factor in whether a film is a fairy tale or not. In the movie Shrek, Princess Fiona starts off as a very stereotypical girl, but as the movie goes on, she becomes more comfortable and begins to break those stereotypes. For example, when Shrek, Fiona and Donkey return through the woods, Fion...... middle of paper ......the. Films like this resist gender stereotypes that women must be beautiful and ladylike to live like a princess. There should be more movies like Shrek because they break norms and teach people that the only thing that matters is what's inside. Works Cited Adamson, Andrew and Vicky Jenson, Shrek, Dreamworks Animations, 2001. BAYKAL, Nurulhude. "MURATHAN MUNGAN'in "ZAMANIMIZIN BİR KÜLKEDİSİ"Nİ MARKSİST KURAM ÇERÇEVESİNDE OKUMAK. (Turkish)." Milli Folklor 24.96 (2012): 137-147. Premier Academic Research. Internet. November 11, 2013. Diaz, E. “From Ogre to Beloved Husband.” » Our animated world. Jura Gentium Cinema, nd Web. November 9, 2013. Kunimitsu, Mary. “Fantastic3.” Fantasy3. Np, and Web. November 6, 2013.Westland, Ella. "Cinderella in the Classroom. Children's Responses to Gender..." Gender and Education 5.3 (1993): 237. Academic Search Premier. Internet. November 11. 2013.