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... judgements on people based on factors such as appearance, language, setting, and possessions. However, when the time is taken to get to know a person, it is proven more times than not, that the judgements taken are false. As expressed throughout the movie Shrek, sometimes things are not always as they appear. It is primarily through the characters in Shrek that this theme is expressed. At home in his swamp, a flatulent ogre named Shrek defends his life of solitude, though deep down it’s probably not his first choice. Due to the fact that he is a strikingly ugly ogre, he is automatically assumed to be evil and cruel, therefore labelled an outcast to society. Shrek exploits that misconception in order to protect his privacy.. An example being when he was confronted by torch bearing, pitchfork wielding villagers. He describes the gruesome fates awaiting those who disturb him, in hopes of the villagers never returning Candide vs. Shrek Once upon a time there were two fairytales. The first, Candide, is a story of an optimistic young man on a quest to find love; the other, Shrek, is the tale of a large green ogre who reluctantly does a king’s bidding. With the help of their trusty sidekicks, the ogre and the young man survive the gruelling trials they face. Yet lurking beneath these stories is a biting satire. And now we begin our story of the two fairytales. Candide and Shrek use basic plot lines to convey complex messages. They share the same basic tale of a quest to find love, and the perilous adventures along the way. In Candide, the story begins with a happy optimistic young man in love a beautiful young girl. After a series of calamities they are reunited. When Candide saw her, he found her to be horribly ugly, “The tender lover Candide, on seeing his fair Cunégonde dark-skinned, eyes bloodshot, flat bosomed, cheeks wrinkled, arms red and rough, recoiled three steps in horror…” (pg. 96). Candide ends with a disillusioned, and a pessimistic young man. Candide and Cunégonde accept their lot in life and in the end stay where they were, and end any pursuit of the betterment of their lives, “‘I also know,’ said Candide, ‘that we must cultic Pumped-up Films With Nothing to Show The article "Opening weekend becoming be-all, end-all for movies" by Kenneth Turan argues that modern movie producers are more interested in generating revenue than making quality content for movies. Large advertising campaigns, marketing research, and speculative producers are making movies more and more like one hit wonders of the 80s. Specifically, Turan wants to bring light to the tactics of movie producers to ...