1. Folk Tales and Fairy Tales

2. What makes a story a folk tale or fairy tale?

3. Characters Characters are simple. One is good. One is wicked.
One character is someone of royalty (king, queen, prince, princess, etc.)

4. Plot The story begins with “once upon a time” or something similar.
Plots are simple and direct.
Magic events, characters and objects are part of the story.

5. Setting They were told as oral stories before they were written down.
They represent our cultural heritage.
Certain numbers like three and seven are often in the story.

6. Other story elements... They reveal truths about human nature.
The story ends with “…they lived happily ever after.”

7. Shrek, the Fairy Tale

8. Shrek is a Satirical Fairy Tale
Satire: In Shrek, the producers make fun of the structure and elements of the traditional fairy tale

9. Introduce definitions for four techniques of satire
Exaggeration
To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen.
Incongruity
To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings

10. Reversal
To present the opposite of the normal order (e.g., the order of events, hierarchical order).
Parody
To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing.

11. Introduce definitions for four techniques of satire
Exaggeration
Princess Fiona fights and successfully defeats Robin Hood and all of his Merry Men without any help and without any weapons.
Incongruity
Princess Fiona uses her ponytail to deliver a knockout punch to one of the Merry Men. While frozen in a mid-air martial arts kick, Princess Fiona pauses to fix her disheveled hair before knocking out two of the Merry Men.

12. Introduce definitions for four techniques of satire
Reversal
The roles of the hero and the damsel in distress have been reversed. In this clip, it is Princess Fiona, the rescuee, who fights and defeats the foe.
Parody
The fight scene is an exaggerated imitation of the martial arts style and special effects used in movies such as The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.