Shrek!
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Shrek! is a picture book written and illustrated in 1990 by William Steig about a young ogre who finds the ogre of his dreams when he leaves home to see the world. The name "Shrek" is taken from the German and Yiddish word "Schreck"/"Shreck", meaning "fear, terror." The book served as the basis for the popular Shrek film series over a decade after its publication.
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[edit] Plot
This book follows the life of Shrek, an ogre who is kicked out of his house to get his own life. As he walks around aimlessly, a witch prophesies that he will find true love after a long journey. In the end, he marries a princess-ogre more ugly than he is.
[edit] Differences between the book and films
The Academy Award-winning film Shrek is based on the book, with the characters of Shrek and Princess Fiona "evolving" from the book's characters. In addition, other completely new aspects were added to the film that do not exist in the original book, including, but not limited to
- Incorporating characters from other fairy tales, such as Snow White and The Gingerbread Man in a parody context, as well as new original characters such as a donkey named Donkey, and a villain, Lord Farquaad.
- Incorporating references to American pop culture that existed at the time of the film's production.
- An ending where Fiona, a human woman, transforms into a female ogre; the original book featured a female ogre from the beginning.
- Shrek was redesigned for the movie. Most notably, in the movie he is bald, wears different clothes, and has more human-like teeth.
The film later spawned two sequels, Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third. For the release of the latter, Shrek! was released with a collection of other stories by Steig, with a "Now a Major Motion Picture" label on the cover.
[edit] Current edition
- Steig, William (1990). Shrek!, Sunburst Paperback. ISBN 0-374-46623-8
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