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The movie Shrek as we all know starts off with our favorite ogre’s morning routine. We can see that he is pictured as dirty, neglected, fat, and living in a literal swamp. This depiction is in every way a mirror of how proletarians are viewed by the bourgeoisie: ugly, dirty, and poor. Shrek is the ogre living at the very bottom of the societal food chain.
Flashing sideways we are given proof that the society Shrek is a part of is a Fascist regime that is characterized by the presence of a dictator, in this case, the tiny almighty Lord Farquaad. Lord Farquaad has a Nazi ideology. He says that the fairies are the bane of his existence and that they are poisoning his world, and hence, he wants to get rid of them. He is treating them as parasites and thinks that they are the main threat to a perfect society, much like the Nazis thought about the Jewish people.
Another thing that we see is that there is no solidarity amongst the working class. Indeed, even though humans are also technically part of the working class they would much rather capitalize on the fairy creatures than stand in solidarity with them. We see it in the market scene where the old lady, who is clearly a proletariat herself, wants to sell Donkey in order to make money.
When Shrek’s swamp was taken by the bourgeoisie in order to accommodate all of the fairy creatures, this is when Donkey first strikes us as a revolutionary character. Indeed, during his dialogues with Shrek, he hints at his desire to destroy class division and believes that in order to do so he has to follow a revolutionary and violent path. He does not fall for the bourgeois propaganda and instead believes that the abolishing of class division can only be done through violence, which is exactly Marx’s idea of a revolution.
On the other hand, despite his violent appearance Shrek is a pacifist. It is common for the proletariat minority to act that way in a capitalist regime. Indeed, they will act in a way that does not validate the bourgeois stereotype of them. In this case, even though Shrek is portrayed as a violent, big, and scary ogre he refuses to act in this way in order to not validate the bourgeois ideas of him and hence decides to follow a pacifist path to revolution.
Princess Fiona on the other hand appears as the liberal reform, she is under the illusion that things are not as bad as they seem because of her privilege. Even though she is the epitome of the bourgeoisie, her personality changes throughout the movie. Indeed, when she overhears Donkey telling Shrek about a revolution, she feels the need to act and then becomes more ogre-like and makes Shrek fall for her.
This segment might seem like the bourgeoisie wanting to step with the proletariat in order to create reform, but instead, it translates a perfect fascist ideology called class collaboration. This concept, in fact, is the bourgeoisie giving the illusion of a mutual agreement between classes in order to keep the working class from rebelling.
At this point in the movie, we can see that Donkey is being left behind which symbolizes the idea of a true revolution getting farther.
When Fiona is prepared to marry Lord Farquaad, the marriage is stopped by Shrek, Donkey, and the Dragon. Again, we think that this is the symbol of a revolution and rebellion against the upper class. The Dragon, which shares the same values as Donkey, swallows Lord Farquaad which symbolizes the end of a Fascist regime; however, this is not exactly the happy revolutionary ending that the film gives.
At the end of the movie, when Fiona transforms into an ogre, she is not transforming into a proletariat figure, instead, she is putting on her last façade which will lure in Shrek who is already susceptible to liberal reforms. Shrek henceforth falls for the idea of happiness created by the bourgeoisie.
At the end of the movie, everyone is celebrating even though Fiona is a part of the class that has been oppressing them for so long. This is an indication that the working class is accepting oppression by celebrating the politicians and the regime that are oppressing them.
Shitbird, are you becoming more sober as you summarize Shrek?
At the end of the movie, when Fiona transforms into an ogre, she is not transforming into a proletariat figure, instead, she is putting on her last façade which will lure in Shrek who is already susceptible to liberal reforms. Shrek henceforth falls for the idea of happiness created by the bourgeoisie.
At the end of the movie, everyone is celebrating even though Fiona is a part of the class that has been oppressing them for so long. This is an indication that the working class is accepting oppression by celebrating the politicians and the regime that are oppressing them.
They had a February revolution, they fail to recognise the need for an October revolution.
I was just about to say this. They literally become assimilated into the ruling class in every possible way. And rather than overthrow that structure in the end, they settle for partial assimilation
Shrek 3 completes their assimilation, and Shrek 4 is about convincing the audience that launching a revolution would have been a bad idea all along and it's a good thing that they didn't do it.
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