How is the film shrek different to a
             In this essay I am going to be talking about the film Shrek and how it is different to a traditional fairytale.
             There are many differences between 'shrek' and stories like Cinderella and Rapunzel, but there is one part at the start of the film that shows that this film isn't going to be usual. What happens is that Shrek is heard reading from a book that has a story like what people think of traditional fairytales to be. Then Shrek says "yeah like that'll ever happen!"
             During the film you will see that a lot of 'fairytale' creatures have been forced out of their homes and into Shrek's swamp. Shrek is angry and he and donkey set off to see Lord Farquad about the problem. When he arrives he is told by Lord Farquad that he will get rid of the creatures if Shrek retrieves Princess Fiona from a castle surrounded by boiling lava and guarded by a fire breathing dragon. This is exactly like in many fairytales, where the prince must rescue the princess from a castle. But Shrek is not really a prince charming and the princess is far from helpless, but more independent.
             Princess Fiona is not at all impressed with Shrek's appearance but as the film goes on you will see that the princess grows to love Shrek, which is also a lot like some fairytales, were the princess or someone like that does not like the person but after a while they grow to love them.
             There is a great twist in the story when you find out that the princess is under a spell where she turns into an ogre that resembles Shrek. In fairytales there are many examples of when people are put under a spell to look ugly. One example is in Beauty and The Beast, when the prince is turned into a beast under a spell. When nearing the end of the film you see the princess going off with Lord Farquard to get married as Shrek had promised. Shrek is not unhappy because he an
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