Shrek's Identity: A Narrative Analysis

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Individuals conceal their insecurities based on their physical features to conform to the status quo in society. Princess Fiona expected to have the typical knight in shining armor to save her from the castle. She asks Shrek to take off his helmet but Shrek does not do so as he doesn’t want to conceal his identity as an ogre revealing his insecurities as seen in the picture. Shrek doesn’t confine to the “knight’s look” and he tries to conceal his identity by keeping his armor on. “The battle is won. You may remove your helmet, good Sir Knight. Uh, no…” Shrek is insecure about the way his physical features and at first doesn’t want to conceal the way he looks. “No! I'm an OGRE! You know, "grab your torch and pitchforks!" Doesn't that bother