" Shrek " is an animated film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jensen. It was released in the United States in May 2001. This film is actually still telling a fairy tale, but the plot of the story is different from "Snow White" and " Cinderella ". The protagonist of this animation is presented in front of everyone in an ugly image, which makes people wonder. A refreshing feeling. Fairy tales do need a happy ending, but they don't necessarily have to be based on pretty faces.
Shrek and Princess Fiona are obviously not a good match. This animated film is actually an innovation in traditional fairy tales. It always promotes the idea that all living beings are equal and that people cannot be judged by their appearance. Even monsters have equal lives. Right, even monsters have the same sincere feelings and courage to love as humans. Perhaps to a certain extent, we can regard this animation as a work of magical realism, because "Shrek" uses "magic" or "weird" expression techniques, but reflects the real world.
"Shrek" A fairy tale under the ugly skin reveals the truth that people cannot be judged by their appearance. Ugliness and beauty are in the same thought, and the appearance is nothing more than a soulless body.
The protagonist Shrek is a monster that everyone is afraid of, but he is extremely kind at heart. He lives in an inaccessible swamp to avoid contact with humans and not to scare people. His appearance is different from normal people, but his heart is no different from ordinary people. He also understands the seven emotions and six desires, and he also appreciates the warmth and warmth of human relationships. He gave the homeless donkey a temporary home, he rescued Princess Fiona for the king, and he was as kind-hearted as a monster.
The heroine Princess Fiona is praised by the world as a stunning beauty with all kinds of charms. This is indeed the case, but the fact is not only that. Princess Aofina is indeed trapped in a castle guarded by a dragon, but she is not a weak woman who is powerless. She was furious because she encountered unreasonable gangsters in the forest, and she even killed a group of gangsters by herself. In addition, only Fiona during the day is a beautiful princess. Fiona at night is actually as ugly a monster as Shrek. The transformation between beauty and ugliness only occurs at the moment when the sunlight shines through and disappears. .
Duroc's soldiers were tall and handsome, but they ran away when they met Shrek. Although Duroc's king was short and mediocre in appearance, he was able to build Duroc into a clean and beautiful country. It can be seen from this that appearance is not the standard of personal ability. This is also the saying that people should not be judged by their appearance. Shrek looks ugly, but he is braver than Duroc's soldiers; Princess Fiona is a peerless beauty, but she is not princess-like at all. Independence is what she stands for, which not only reflects Fiona's upbringing , and her inner self-cultivation. The opposition between beauty and ugliness is nothing more than people forcibly distinguishing everything in the world through aesthetic standards. In other words, the beauty and ugliness of the appearance only exist between you and me, but the appearance itself is just a body without a soul, and only the inner beauty and ugliness can be revealed. Beyond one’s true nature.
"Shrek" Ugliness is the trauma of growing up, and it also creates mature self-cultivation.
Shrek was born as a monster that everyone is afraid of. The most important reason for this is his ugly appearance, which is so ugly that people are afraid of it. In other people's definitions, Shrek has also become a big, ugly and stupid monster. "Help, run" became the first words people said when they saw Shrek. Shrek also wants to integrate into this world, but this world cannot tolerate him, so he can only hide as far away as possible, out of sight and out of mind to avoid scaring others. For Shrek, ugliness is a trauma in his growth period, and labels such as ugly and monster have long been imprinted on his mind. But he never thought about taking revenge on the world because of his ugly appearance. The ugliness brought him trauma and also brought him growth. Others can't tolerate him, and the world can't tolerate him, but he still has to face himself and live in a world without harassment.
Fiona is a real princess, but because of a witch's curse, she is a beautiful and beautiful princess during the day, and she turns into a monster like Shrek at night. As a princess, Fiona cannot accept being an ugly monster, so she spends her nights alone. Ugliness became an indelible scar in the princess's heart, but ugliness also changed the princess's aesthetics. She didn't mind Shrek's appearance and even fell in love with him. Ugliness has shaped Fiona's perfect princess image to a certain extent. We cannot see the character flaws of the princesses in "Grimm's Fairy Tales" in her, so ugliness also shapes Princess Fiona's inner qualities.
But not every ugly person can shape a mature worldview and values like Shrek and Aofina. In the animated film, Duroc's king is mediocre in appearance and short in stature. In other words, it can also be called ugly. Ugliness not only became a trauma during the king's growth period, but also gradually distorted the king's heart. In order to create a clean and beautiful country, can drive ugly and monster-like creatures out of the city, and he can also issue endless conscription orders in order to marry Princess Fiona without hearing a bad word in his ears. The trauma brought to the king by ugliness is actually not much different from that of Shrek and Princess Fiona, but the king's outlook on life and values have gone to an extreme.
Through the examples of Shrek, Fiona and the King, ugly appearance will indeed bring them trauma during their growth period. This trauma can affect the formation of a person's outlook on life and values, but mature inner cultivation will not. It doesn’t depend on ugly appearance, but more often it’s how you and others think about this appearance. Shrek and Aofina chose to accept themselves and tolerate others, but the king may still be in the dark and not realize it, or he may use his authority to prevent others from talking about it. In short, the king does not accept his ugliness and tolerates it. Don't understand other people's weirdness. When you identify with yourself from the bottom of your heart, you will not be afraid of the words of the outside world. If you cannot gain self-identity in your heart, the opinions of others will all-pervasively affect your own judgment, and your fragile outlook on life and values will be influenced by others. .
In summary
Although "Shrek" is an absurd animated film, it breaks people's perception of fairy tales. The beauty and ugliness of appearance originate from people's perception, but appearance is ultimately a soulless body and cannot be the standard by which others are judged. As the saying goes, people should not be judged by their appearance. Shrek and Ofina let us feel the true love and kindness under the ugly appearance. They can win people's hearts more than the soldiers' pretentiousness and the king's hypocrisy.
"Shrek" ultimately tells a fairy tale that is different from the past, and this fairy tale focuses more on the understanding of ugliness. Ugliness will affect a person's growth, and it will also become a burden on a person's heart, affecting the formation of his outlook on life and values. For people who look weird, maybe a little kindness from you and me can change their lives. No one doesn’t want to be born beautiful, but most of us are destined to be mediocre-looking people. Only by accepting mediocre-looking ourselves and tolerating others with weird looks can we see the difference in a world where beauty and ugliness are too clear-cut. scenery.
